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avoidance
Also known as: avoidance behavior
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Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Dec 20, 2023 4 facts
claimThe argument against epiphenomenalism posits that if pain causes avoidance behavior, creatures that correlate harmful states with pain are selected for by evolution, whereas creatures that correlate harmful states with pleasure are selected against.
claimEpiphenomenalism faces a challenge regarding why phenomenal experiences, such as pain or the experience of seeing red, are by-products of specific physical states that cause corresponding behaviors, such as avoidance or verbal reports, rather than arbitrary behaviors.
claimInteractionism must posit specific two-way psychophysical laws where pain causes avoidance and pleasure causes pursuit to explain fitting correlations between conscious states and physical behavior.
claimPhysicalism must posit specific psychophysical constitution relations where pain is constituted by avoidance-causing physical states and pleasure is constituted by attraction-causing physical states to explain fitting correlations between conscious states and physical behavior.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 4 facts
claimDavidson and Irwin (1999) proposed that there are two fundamental resting patterns of neural activity corresponding to motivational systems of approach and avoidance.
claimHypervigilance, avoidance, and disengagement delays can evolve into habitual, contextually self-relevant, and crystallized sensory-affective-motor scripts and schemas that influence behavioral tendencies.
claimAvoidance is a form of automatic and strategic emotion regulation that reduces elaborative or evaluative processing and deflates the threat value of stimuli.
claimNegatively biased cognitions involving disinterest, disapproval, or rejection result in nonsocial, isolating behaviors such as avoidance and withdrawal, as well as impaired self-regulation and psychopathology.
Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness link.springer.com Apr 1, 2024 2 facts
perspectiveThe author argues that the phenomenal powers view of pain is problematic because pain cannot metaphysically necessitate avoidance behavior, as avoidance strategies are contingent on context, available means, and the subject's beliefs.
claimThe author asserts that the relationship between pain and avoidance behavior cannot be metaphysically necessary because there are possible worlds where pain exists without the beliefs or means required to attempt avoidance.
CBT for Anxiety: Evidence-Based Techniques for Lasting Relief revivespokane.com Oct 22, 2025 1 fact
claimPatterns of avoidance or withdrawal worsen anxiety symptoms over time.
The Impact of Maternal Childhood Trauma on Children's Problem ... dovepress.com Nov 4, 2024 1 fact
referenceYasinski et al. (2020) investigated processes of change in cognitive behavioral therapy for treatment-resistant depression, specifically focusing on psychological flexibility, rumination, avoidance, and emotional processing.
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimThe 'phenomenal powers view' asserts that phenomenal properties like pain or pleasure are intrinsically powerful, meaning the feeling of pain necessarily motivates avoidance behavior due to its specific phenomenal character.
Childhood Trauma and its effect on Adulthood - Palo Alto University paloaltou.edu 1 fact
claimThe diagnostic criteria for PTSD requires at least one symptom from each of the following subsets: avoidance, intrusions, negative alterations in cognition, alterations in reactivity and arousal, and duration of the disturbance.
Overview of Anxiety Disorders - Psychiatry - MSD Manuals msdmanuals.com 1 fact
claimSocial fears and avoidance can be transmitted to children through parental modeling or early traumatic experiences, such as childhood maltreatment or medical illnesses like asthma.