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Term: Appersive

Description:

Aversive stimuli or experiences that elicit negative emotions and avoidance behavior.

Senses:

Sense 1:

Adjective: Causing an aversive response; repugnant or unpleasant.

Example Sentence:

The appersive smell of rotten eggs filled the room, causing everyone to cover their noses.

Sense 2:

Noun: A type of conditioning stimulus that is intended to discourage certain behavior.

Example Sentence:

The use of electric shock as an appersive in training dogs has been widely criticized.

Sense 3:

Adverb: Used to describe an action that is done in an aversive or discouraging manner.

Example Sentence:

The teacher appersively scolded the student for not completing their homework.

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