Glossary A
Glossary A
Avoidance learning refers to the avoidance of events or conditions associated with dreaded or aversive outcomes.
- Avoidance responses : Avoidance responses refer to responses that allow an organism to avoid contact with an aversive stimulus.
Avoidance theory of punishment refers to punishment involving a type of avoidance conditioning in which the avoidance response consists of any behavior other than the behavior being punished.
Avoidance-oriented coping strategy ((Endler & Parker, 1988) refers to one of the three (3) major (stress) coping strategies that reduces Stress by retreating into a different activity
- Avoidance â€"avoidance conflict : Avoidance-avoidance conflict refers to a conflict arising from having to choose between equally undesirable alternatives.