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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






3. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.






4. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.






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






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






7. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.






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






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






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






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






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






13. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






16. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.






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






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






19. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






22. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






24. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.






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






26. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






27. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






29. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.






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






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






32. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.






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






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






35. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






37. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)






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






39. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.






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






41. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.






42. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






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






44. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.






45. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.






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






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






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






49. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.






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







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