Science and Human Behavior, Chapter 11: Aversion, avoidance, anxiety, Quote 1

“Painful stimuli are generally aversive, but not necessarily so—as a counterirritant shows. Stimuli which have acquired their aversive power in the process of conditioning are especially unlikely to possess identifying physical properties. A stimulus is known to be aversive only if its removal is reinforcing.” (p. 171)

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