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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






12. Measures of observed behavior.






13. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






18. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.






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






20. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






22. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.






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






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






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






26. A lack of the desired response.






27. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






36. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






38. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. To automatically bring about a response.






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






47. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






50. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.