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Animal Training Vocab 2

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1. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






2. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows






3. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus






4. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus






5. Some performance which is an approximation to the desired behavior and which the organism is already emitting.






6. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






7. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance






8. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior






9. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.






10. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.






11. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.






12. A lack of response.






13. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.






14. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus






15. The predictability of a behavior performed in the presence of one stimulus which is not evident in the presence of another stimulus






16. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one






17. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive - stimuli






18. A change in behavior due to experience






19. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously






20. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior






21. Measures of observed behavior






22. Some performance which is an approximation to the desired behavior and which the organism is already emitting.






23. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)






24. To add to the environment






25. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced. (same as Stimulus Delta)






26. The act of reinforcing by touch.






27. Any environmental condition which activates the animal's sensory perception






28. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished






29. A change in behavior due to experience






30. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.






31. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer






32. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.






33. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone






34. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response






35. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.






36. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)






37. Any environmental condition which activates the animal's sensory perception






38. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.






39. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance






40. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer






41. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response






42. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer






43. The act of reinforcing by touch.






44. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.






45. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






46. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.






47. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one






48. To connect or associate oneself with






49. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior






50. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of - the desired behavior are reinforced