英和和英

形容詞

aversive (comparative more aversive, superlative most aversive)

1. Tending to repel; causing avoidance.
   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

     "I say—Nora, you, really you?" he cried, transported in turn, and to do him justice he did not seem to notice anything aversive in her disorder—or, indeed, to notice anything but her excited young face.

   • 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 47:

     If it is aversive to the animal and discourages behavior, it is a punishment. If it seems aversive to you but is not aversive to the animal, then it is not an effective punishment. In fact, technically, it's not even a punishment.

派生語

名詞

aversive (plural aversives)

1. (grammar) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
2. (psychology) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
   • 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 53:

     For general training purposes, opportunities to engage in reproductive acts are not a practical reinforcer, and using aversives that generate fear is fraught with side effects.

参考

• punishment
• operant conditioning

参照

• Skinner, B. F. (1969) Contingencies of Reinforcement. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts