aversive
Example Sentences
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Time will tell if the aversive conditioning helps the Wapiti Pack turn the corner and act more like wild wolves.
From Washington Times
Abramowitz defines exposure as “a process where you deliberately confront anxiety-provoking situations with the goal of recognizing that those situations are not as dangerous or aversive as you expected.”
From Washington Post
Difficult tasks, and particularly tasks involving heavy mental investment, come with an aversive experience of mental effort.
From Scientific American
“For some of these approximately 67 million people, it doesn’t make much difference, but most people experience the rupture as aversive.”
From New York Times
“They don’t even need to see it. They’re just responding to attractive and aversive compounds.”
From New York Times
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