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aversive 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. tending to repel or dissuade; "aversive conditioning"
  2. In psychology, aversives are unpleasant stimuli that induce changes in behavior through punishment; by applying an aversive immediately following a behavior, the likelihood of the behavior occurring in the future is reduced. ...
  3. The aversive case, also known as the evitative case; An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour; Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc); Avoidance that can be taught through the use of stimulus that either punish or reinforces
  4. (Aversives) Behavioral methods employing punishment rather than positive reinforcement.  Often involves pain.
  5. an unpleasant stimulus or event.