The time between shocks or the interval and the time away from shocks produced by responses or the interval are two aspects of escape and avoidance.

Shock-shock, response-shock

Explanation:

Escape and avoidance are the two terms that are used in classical conditioning. The difference between these two terms are used in conditioning and the presentation of these terms are before the aversion stimulus  

For instance: There is a beep before shock at the boundary. The dog will learn from learning history. Because of the dog predicts the same behavior will again get a shock.

speed

explanation:

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