Appetitively
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In an appetitive manner.
"One explanation for the different results obtained using the two procedures is that the motivation in the Morris water maze is avoidance of an aversive stimulus (water), whereas the radial arm maze is an appetitively motivated task."
Example
More examples"One explanation for the different results obtained using the two procedures is that the motivation in the Morris water maze is avoidance of an aversive stimulus (water), whereas the radial arm maze is an appetitively motivated task."
Etymology
From appetitive + -ly.
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