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AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR [1 record]

Record 1 2009-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Phraseology
DEF

Ambient behavior, or withdrawal, liable to increase distance between the subject and a goal (a physical object, a social partner or a situation).

CONT

Barriers on the way to the goal play a part in avoidance. The intensity of the avoidance behavior is a function of the distance to the goal (avoidance gradient). Avoidance can be a learned reaction to specific situations. It is also ... interpreted as an inner ego-protective process (Freud), as an inner process for removal of possibly threatening cognitive patterns, of specially tabooed words ... and for protection against painful and persistent stimulation ...

Key term(s)
  • avoidance behaviour
  • aversive behaviour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Phraséologie
CONT

Cette peur [angoisse d'anticipation] engendre fréquemment un comportement d'évitement, c'est-à-dire un refus de fréquenter à nouveau les mêmes endroits [il s'agit d'un agoraphobe].

PHR

faire disparaître le comportement d'évitement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Fraseología
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