Biomaterial Database

Aversive conditioning: learning or dissonance reduction? 1968

A S Carlin, and H E Armstrong

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007858	Learning	Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge.	Phenomenography
D008297	Male		Males
D011589	Psychology, Experimental	The branch of psychology which seeks to learn more about the fundamental causes of behavior by studying various psychologic phenomena in controlled experimental situations.	Experimental Psychology,Experimental Psychologies,Psychologies, Experimental
D003073	Cognitive Dissonance	Motivational state produced by inconsistencies between simultaneously held cognitions or between a cognition and behavior; e.g., smoking enjoyment and believing smoking is harmful are dissonant.	Cognitive Dissonances,Dissonance, Cognitive,Dissonances, Cognitive
D004597	Electroshock	Induction of a stress reaction in experimental subjects by means of an electrical shock; applies to either convulsive or non-convulsive states.	Electroconvulsive Shock,Electroconvulsive Shocks,Electroshocks,Shock, Electroconvulsive,Shocks, Electroconvulsive
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001348	Aversive Therapy	A treatment that suppresses undesirable behavior by simultaneously exposing the subject to unpleasant consequences.	Aversion Therapy,Therapy, Aversion,Therapy, Aversive,Aversion Therapies,Aversive Therapies,Therapies, Aversion,Therapies, Aversive
D012907	Smoking	Willful or deliberate act of inhaling and exhaling SMOKE from burning substances or agents held by hand.	Smoking Behaviors,Smoking Habit,Behavior, Smoking,Behaviors, Smoking,Habit, Smoking,Habits, Smoking,Smoking Behavior,Smoking Habits