aversive conditioning

American  

noun

Psychology, Psychiatry.

1. a type of behavior conditioning in which noxious stimuli are associated with undesirable or unwanted behavior that is to be modified or abolished, as the use of nausea-inducing drugs in the treatment of alcoholism.

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Example Sentences

Time will tell if the aversive conditioning helps the Wapiti Pack turn the corner and act more like wild wolves.

From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2021

It’s known as aversive conditioning, and the volunteers can only hope it works.

From New York Times • May 18, 2020

This prompted the FDA to release a formalized proposal to prohibit all “electrical stimulation devices” used in aversive conditioning, but it has been kept in limbo since 2016.

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2018

When Seligman began his studies, Solomon’s lab was working with dogs on a phenomenon that Ivan Pavlov had first identified as aversive conditioning or avoidance learning.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2015

If you overdid it at the holidays and are looking for a little negative reinforcement or aversive conditioning, you could do worse than to read Hangover Square or Twenty-Thousand Streets Under the Sky.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2013