avoidance behavior

any act or series of actions that enables an individual to avoid or anticipate unpleasant or painful situations, stimuli, or events, including conditioned aversive stimuli. See avoidance conditioning. Compare escape behavior.

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December 20th 2024

automotive telematics

technology for delivering information to moving automobiles and other road vehicles. The information can include traffic conditions on routes of interest, alternative routing, hotel accommodation, safety news, and entertainment for passengers.