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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Measures of observed behavior.






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






24. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






26. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






47. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






49. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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