The name Garrett is a Teutonic baby name. In Teutonic the meaning of the name Garrett is: Spear strength. Anglo-Saxon Meaning: The name Garrett is an Anglo-Saxon baby name. In Anglo-Saxon the meaning of the name Garrett is: Strong spear.
aversive â(countable and uncountable, plural aversives) (grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case. (psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
Loss aversion. In economics and decision theory, loss aversion refers to people's tendency to strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquiring gains. Some studies suggest that losses are twice as powerful, psychologically, as gains. Loss aversion was first convincingly demonstrated by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. This leads to risk aversion when people evaluate a possible gain; since people prefer avoiding losses to making gains.