Avoidance+Learning

toc = Definition: = Learning to avoid events or conditions associated with aversive consequences or phobias. Gen Psych Chapter 5, pp. 151 - 152

= Examples: = When you refuse to ride in the car with a drunk driver because you associate that combination with danger, you are using avoidance learning. When you avoid a particular store because you know someone you don't like works there, you are using avoidance learning.

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= Mnemonics: = AVOIDance LEARNing - you LEARN to AVOID

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