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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Reinforcement
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Shaping
2. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Satiation
Incompatible Behavior
Terminal Response
Regression
3. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Recall
Reflex
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Selective Reinforcement
4. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Positive Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Accidental Reinforcement
Baseline
5. The point at which appetite is lost.
Instinct
Satiation
Positive
Extinction Burst
6. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Stimulus
Station
Imprinting
Attitude Shaping
7. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Incompatible Behavior
Continuous Reinforcement
Bridge
Target (noun)
8. To remove from the environment.
Negative
Adverse
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Successive Approximation
9. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Conditioning
Reinforcement
Bridge
10. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Secondary Reinforcer
Primary
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
11. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Conditioned Response
Proactive Inhibition
Shaping
Continuous Reinforcement
12. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Differential Reinforcement
Adverse
Continuous Reinforcement
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
13. Measures of observed behavior.
Performance
Incompatible Behavior
Fading
Extinction Burst
14. To automatically bring about a response.
Shaping
Shaping
Elicit
Superstitious Behavior
15. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Time-Out
Prompt
Fading
Tactile Reinforcement
16. To automatically bring about a response.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Latency
Satiation
Elicit
17. The point at which appetite is lost.
Proactive Inhibition
Satiation
Positive
Accidental Reinforcement
18. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Response
Refusal
Deprivation
Recall
19. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Shaping
Orienting Response
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Negative
20. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Reflex
Positive Transfer
Continuous Reinforcement
21. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Generalization
Reinforcement Contingency
Superstitious Behavior
22. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Regression
Reflex
Repression
23. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Station
Avoidance Conditioning
Reinforcer
Unconditioned Reinforcer
24. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Avoidance Conditioning
Reinforcer
Shaping
Terminal Response
25. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Bridge
Terminal Response
Conditioned Response
Continuous Reinforcement
26. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Recall
Strain
Approximation
Reward
27. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Affiliation
Differential Reinforcement
Successive Approximation
28. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Negative Reinforcer
Chaining
Elicit
Positive Punishment
29. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Baseline
Extinction
Elicit
Superstitious Behavior
30. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Positive Transfer
Positive Punishment
Accidental Reinforcement
Prompt
31. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Reinforcement Contingency
Performance
Deprivation
Secondary Reinforcer
32. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Reinforcer
Positive
Tactile Reinforcement
Reward
33. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Target (verb)
Discriminative Stimulus
Elicit
34. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Terminal Response
Conditioned Response
Approximation
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
35. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Superstitious Behavior
Orienting Response
Positive Transfer
Operant or Operant Behavior
36. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Reinforcement
Conditioned Response
37. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Target (verb)
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Response
Behavioral Enrichment
38. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Performance
Regression
Time-Out
Reflex
39. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Behavioral Drift
Secondary
Primary
Strain
40. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Proactive Inhibition
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Positive Reinforcement
41. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Imprinting
Primary Reinforcement
Terminal Response
Baseline
42. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Recall
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Regression
Immediacy of Reinforcement
43. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Positive Transfer
Avoidance Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
44. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Proactive Inhibition
Cue
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Bridge
45. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Imprinting
Conditioned Response
Primary Reinforcement
Accidental Reinforcement
46. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Primary
Recall
47. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Adverse
Stimulus Control
Secondary
Conditioning
48. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Target (verb)
Reinforcement
Stimulus Delta
Selective Reinforcement
49. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Attitude Shaping
Positive
Learning Plateau
50. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Reward
Response
Station
Fading