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passive-avoidance learning

passive-avoidance learning

a commonly used misnomer for punishment. It is usually used in situations in which the behavior that is punished occurs without specific training, as when a mouse on a platform learns to avoid stepping down onto an electrified grid after receiving a shock from it.

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