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STIMULUS AVERSIF [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

If a particular action or response causes the cancellation or postponement of an event that would otherwise have occurred, the action may be said to be an avoidance response. Successful avoidance of unpleasant or harmful consequences has obvious adaptive value, but has long seemed to pose a serious problem for theories of learning. A successful avoidance response is one which is followed by the absence of an aversive event ... Another [solution], adopted by two-factor theories, is to assume that avoidance responses are reinforced because they reduce a state of fear classically conditioned to stimuli signaling the occurrence of the aversive event. A third, adopted by some radical behaviorists, is to describe the operations that appear to be required to reinforce avoidance responding and to eschew speculation about the inner processes of learning responsible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

[...] Toute réponse qui se traduit par l'évitement d’un stimulus aversif conditionnel, telle une situation génératrice d’anxiété, est renforcée [...] Une fois apprise, la réponse d’évitement se maintient.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

Anything which by combination with a response reduces the response tendency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

[...] stimulus dont s’éloigne l'organisme ou qui entraîne des réponses d’inconfort, de douleur ou de peur. Un stimulus aversif a également comme effet de faire diminuer le comportement qui entraîne sa production(ou présentation) [...]

OBS

Pluriel : des stimulus, des stimuli.

OBS

stimulus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Key term(s)
  • stimulus adversif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
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