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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






2. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.






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






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






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






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






7. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.






8. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.






9. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.






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






11. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.






12. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






13. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.






14. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






15. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.






16. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.






17. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






18. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






19. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






20. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






22. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)






23. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)






24. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.






25. To connect or associate oneself with.






26. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






27. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)






28. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)






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






30. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.






31. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.






32. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.






33. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.






34. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.






35. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.






36. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.






37. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






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






39. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.






40. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






41. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






42. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.






43. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






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






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






46. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.






47. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






48. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.






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






50. To automatically bring about a response.