We've got 0 shorthands »

Acronyms that contain the term appetitive behavior  Page #11

What does appetitive behavior mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: appetitive behavior.

We couldn't find any results for your search.

Couldn't find the right meaning of appetitive behavior?
Maybe you were looking for one of these abbreviations:

APPEL, APPEN, APPEND, APPEP, APPES, APPF, APPG, APPGAW, APPGM, APPI

... or use our Power Search technology to look
for more unique definitions from across the web!

Search the web

What does appetitive behavior mean?

appetitive behavior
The reward system (the mesocorticolimbic circuit) is a group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience (i.e., "wanting"; desire or craving for a reward and motivation), associative learning (primarily positive reinforcement and classical conditioning), and positively-valenced emotions, particularly ones involving pleasure as a core component (e.g., joy, euphoria and ecstasy). Reward is the attractive and motivational property of a stimulus that induces appetitive behavior, also known as approach behavior, and consummatory behavior. A rewarding stimulus has been described as "any stimulus, object, event, activity, or situation that has the potential to make us approach and consume it is by definition a reward". In operant conditioning, rewarding stimuli function as positive reinforcers; however, the converse statement also holds true: positive reinforcers are rewarding. The reward system motivates animals to approach stimuli or engage in behaviour that increases fitness (sex, energy-dense foods, etc.). Survival for most animal species depends upon maximizing contact with beneficial stimuli and minimizing contact with harmful stimuli. Reward cognition serves to increase the likelihood of survival and reproduction by causing associative learning, eliciting approach and consummatory behavior, and triggering positively-valenced emotions. Thus, reward is a mechanism that evolved to help increase the adaptive fitness of animals. In drug addiction, certain substances over-activate the reward circuit, leading to compulsive substance-seeking behavior resulting from synaptic plasticity in the circuit.Primary rewards are a class of rewarding stimuli which facilitate the survival of one's self and offspring, and they include homeostatic (e.g., palatable food) and reproductive (e.g., sexual contact and parental investment) rewards. Intrinsic rewards are unconditioned rewards that are attractive and motivate behavior because they are inherently pleasurable. Extrinsic rewards (e.g., money or seeing one's favorite sports team winning a game) are conditioned rewards that are attractive and motivate behavior but are not inherently pleasurable. Extrinsic rewards derive their motivational value as a result of a learned association (i.e., conditioning) with intrinsic rewards. Extrinsic rewards may also elicit pleasure (e.g., euphoria from winning a lot of money in a lottery) after being classically conditioned with intrinsic rewards.

see more »

Discuss these appetitive behavior abbreviations with the community:

0 Comments

    Know the definition for appetitive behavior? Know the meaning of appetitive behavior? Don't keep it to yourself!

    Citation

    Use the citation options below to add these abbreviations to your bibliography.

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "appetitive behavior." Abbreviations.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.abbreviations.com/appetitive%20behavior>.

    Browse Abbreviations.com

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Quiz

    The ultimate acronym test

    »
    TTYL
    A Talk To You Lover
    B Text To You Later
    C Ta Ta You Loser
    D Talk To You Later