Instructions: Explain/Define the Following Terms

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Instructions: Explain/Define the following terms.
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Definitions:

Avoidance Behavior

Actions taken to prevent or evade a perceived negative outcome or noxious stimulus.

Escape Behavior

An action taken to terminate an ongoing, unpleasant, aversive stimulus.

Mowrer's Two-Factor Theory

A psychological theory that integrates classical and operant conditioning to explain avoidance learning and the development of phobias.

Escape Response

A behavioral response to an aversive event that is reinforced by the termination of the aversive event.