Experimental procedures where organisms learn to perform responses that terminate ongoing aversive stimuli, providing models for understanding avoidance behaviors and anxiety disorders.
Example: Laboratory studies where animals learn to jump barriers to escape electric shock, modeling how humans learn to escape from anxiety-provoking situations.
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