aversive conditioning
41Self control — is perceived in a few ways. One of which is philosophical and might be described as the exertion of one s own will on one s personal self their behaviors, actions, thought processes. Much of this comes from the perception of self and the ability… …
42stimulus — 1. A stimulant. 2. That which can elicit or evoke action (response) in a muscle, nerve, gland or other excitable tissue, or cause an augmenting action upon any function or metabolic …
43Behavior analysis of child development — Child development in behavior analytic theory has origins in John B. Watson s behaviorism.[1] Watson wrote extensively on child development and conducted research (see Little Albert experiment). Watson was instrumental in the modification of… …
44Delay reduction hypothesis — In classical conditioning, the delay reduction hypothesis states that certain discriminative stimuli (DS) are more effective as conditioned reinforcers (CR) if they signal a decrease in time to a positive reinforcer or an increase in time to an… …
45Taste aversion — Conditioned taste aversion[1], also known as Garcia effect (after Dr. John Garcia), and as Sauce Bearnaise Syndrome , a term coined by Seligman and Hager,[2] is an example of classical conditioning or Pavlovian conditioning. Conditioned taste… …
46aversion therapy — n. therapy designed to suppress undesirable behavior, as a compulsion or addiction, by conditioning a person to associate the behavior with an unpleasant or painful stimulus * * * ▪ psychology psychotherapy designed to cause a patient to… …
47behavior — 1. Any response emitted by or elicited from an organism. 2. Any mental or motor act or activity. 3. Specifically, parts of a total response pattern. [M.E., fr. O. Fr. avoir, to have] adaptive b. any b. that enables an organism to adjust to a… …
48Dopamine — For other uses, see Dopamine (disambiguation). Dopamine …
49Natural horsemanship — Horse Whisperer redirects here. For the movie directed by Robert Redford, see The Horse Whisperer. Staranzano(Italy), Cona Island. A human approaches a semi wild horse using body language understood by the horse …
50Shock collar — The term shock collar is used to describe an electronic training aid developed to deliver an electrical signal through contact points attached to a dog collar. While similar systems are available for other animals, the most common are the collars …
