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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






11. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.






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






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






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






21. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






24. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)






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






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






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






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






29. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






33. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






34. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






37. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






38. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. To remove from the environment.






47. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.






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






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






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