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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Target (noun)
Behavioral Enrichment
Cue
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
2. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Method of Approximation
Superstitious Behavior
Elicit
Conditioned Response
3. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Performance
Reward
Target (noun)
Reflex
4. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Time-Out
Approximation
Proactive Inhibition
Shaping
5. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Latency
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Reward
Discrimination
6. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Instinct
Unconditioned Reflex
Avoidance Conditioning
Cue
7. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Terminal Response
Chaining
Terminal Response
Reward
8. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Learning Plateau
Imprinting
Response
9. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Negative Reinforcer
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Secondary Reinforcer
Positive Punishment
10. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Extinction Burst
Positive Reinforcement
Discriminative Stimulus
Differential Reinforcement
11. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Negative
Emit
12. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Learning
Secondary
Latency
Attitude Shaping
13. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Habit
Strain
Intermittent Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
14. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Negative
Motivation
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Fading
15. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Emit
Reinforcement Contingency
Learning Plateau
Extinction Burst
16. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Time-Out
Emit
Target (verb)
Delta
17. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Bridge
Discrimination
Respondent Behavior
Discriminative Stimulus
18. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Motivation
Repression
Primary Reinforcement
19. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Learning Plateau
Incompatible Behavior
Orienting Response
Positive Punishment
20. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Superstitious Behavior
Reflex
Extinction
21. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Stimulus Control
Time-Out
Positive Reinforcement
Adverse
22. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Target (noun)
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Terminal Response
23. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Secondary Reinforcer
Reinforcement
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Chaining
24. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Positive Punishment
Strain
Adverse
25. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Recall
Avoidance Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Avoidance Conditioning
26. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Chaining
Target (verb)
Negative Reinforcer
Target (verb)
27. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Cue
Positive Punishment
Stimulus
Stimulus Control
28. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Primary Reinforcement
Tactile Reinforcement
Positive Transfer
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
29. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Secondary Reinforcer
Response
Time-Out
Deprivation
30. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Tactile Reinforcement
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Primary
Stimulus Delta
31. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Accidental Reinforcement
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Stimulus
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
32. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Imprinting
Generalization
Conditioning
33. A lack of the desired response.
Avoidance Conditioning
Refusal
Target (verb)
Time-Out
34. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Emit
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Conditioned Reinforcer
35. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Secondary Reinforcer
Reflex
Successive Approximation
36. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Fading
Reinforcement
Deprivation
Unconditioned Reinforcer
37. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Shaping
Time-Out
Intermittent Reinforcement
Affiliation
38. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Negative Reinforcer
Primary Reinforcement
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Unconditioned Response
39. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Repression
Differential Reinforcement
Target (verb)
Fading
40. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Strain
Extinction Burst
Avoidance Conditioning
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
41. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Incompatible Behavior
Orienting Response
Respondent Behavior
Behavioral Enrichment
42. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Negative
Secondary
Behavioral Drift
Secondary Reinforcer
43. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Reinforcement Contingency
Chaining
Reward
Fading
44. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Avoidance Conditioning
Intermittent Reinforcement
45. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Generalization
Differential Reinforcement
Habit
Shaping
46. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Unconditioned Response
Stimulus Delta
Positive
47. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Extinction
Regression
Stimulus
48. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Repression
Conditioned Response
Regression
Reinforcer
49. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Target (noun)
Primary
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Negative Reinforcer
50. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Reinforcer
Positive
Respondent Behavior
Approach-Avoidance Conflict