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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






37. Measures of observed behavior.






38. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






39. To add to the environment.






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






41. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






46. To automatically bring about a response.






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






48. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.






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






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