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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






5. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






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






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






8. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.






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






10. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






12. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.






13. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.






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






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






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






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






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






19. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






20. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






22. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






26. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






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






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






29. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






33. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.






34. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






38. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






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






40. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.






41. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.






49. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.






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