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Animal Training Vocab 2
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1. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior
Latency
DRO
Successive Approximation
Reflex
2. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus
Secondary
timulus
Method of Approximation
Positive Punishment
3. A lack of response.
Refusal
Deprivation
Discriminative Stimulus
Deprivation
4. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires
Instinct
Motivation
Reinforcement Contingency
Latency
5. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone
Learning
Conditioned Response
Performance
Learning
6. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Unconditioned Reflex
Method of Approximation
Deprivation
Positive Punishment
7. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously
Delta
Positive Transfer
Performance
Successive Approximation
8. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished
DRI
Primary
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
9. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Learning
Target (noun
Positive Reinforcement
Reinforcement
10. Any environmental condition which activates the animal's sensory perception
Bridge
Delta
timulus
Successive Approximation
11. A lack of response.
Classical or Respondent Conditioning
Learning
Refusal
Positive
12. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response
Bridge
DRO
Positive Transfer
Positive Reinforcement
13. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires
Performance
Behavioral Drift
Instinct
Motivation
14. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Stimulus Control
Conditioned Response
Learning
Instinct
15. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Latency
Target (noun
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
16. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior
Affiliation
Positive Reinforcement
Reinforcement Contingency
Reflex
17. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior
Operant or Operant Behavior
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Tactile Reinforcement
Affiliation
18. To connect or associate oneself with
Affiliation
Classical or Respondent Conditioning
Primary
Performance
19. To add to the environment
Motivation
Positive
Bridge
Target (noun
20. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Secondary
Reinforcement
Repression
DRO
21. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of - the desired behavior are reinforced
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Method of Approximation
Conditioned Response
Reinforcement Contingency
22. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously
Positive Transfer
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Positive Punishment
DRI
23. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Discriminative Stimulus
Deprivation
Primary
Instinct
24. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Target (noun
Operant or Operant Behavior
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Learning
25. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Reflex
Secondary
Unconditioned Reinforcer
26. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer
Negative
Deprivation
Reinforcement Contingency
Reflex
27. To remove from the environment
Negative
Reinforcement
Repression
Method of Approximation
28. The predictability of a behavior performed in the presence of one stimulus which is not evident in the presence of another stimulus
Refusal
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Stimulus Control
Positive Punishment
29. A change in behavior due to experience
Refusal
Operant or Operant Behavior
DRO
Learning
30. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a - conditioned response
Secondary
Discriminative Stimulus
Motivation
Classical or Respondent Conditioning
31. To add to the environment
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Positive
Reinforcement
Method of Approximation
32. Measures of observed behavior
DRI
Deprivation
Instinct
Performance
33. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus
Positive Punishment
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Unconditioned Reflex
Target (noun
34. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Instinct
Successive Approximation
Primary
Conditioned Response
35. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences
DRO
Operant or Operant Behavior
Delta
Method of Approximation
36. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a - conditioned response
Classical or Respondent Conditioning
Behavioral Drift
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
37. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Affiliation
Reinforcement
Instinct
Behavioral Drift
38. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Target (noun
Latency
39. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive - stimuli
Secondary
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Tactile Reinforcement
40. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Target (noun
Reflex
Secondary
Positive Punishment
41. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences
Positive Punishment
Operant or Operant Behavior
Method of Approximation
DRI
42. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response
Bridge
Repression
Station
Latency
43. A change in behavior due to experience
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Stimulus Control
Unconditioned Reflex
Learning
44. To remove from the environment
DRO
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Repression
Negative
45. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer
Primary
Latency
Deprivation
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
46. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Delta
Repression
Performance
Latency
47. Some performance which is an approximation to the desired behavior and which the organism is already emitting.
DRO
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Successive Approximation
Station
48. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Primary
DRO
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
49. The act of reinforcing by touch.
timulus
Conditioned Response
Repression
Tactile Reinforcement
50. Some performance which is an approximation to the desired behavior and which the organism is already emitting.
Positive
Successive Approximation
Deprivation
Repression