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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. Measures of observed behavior.






4. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






6. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






8. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






14. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






15. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






34. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.






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






43. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






44. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






46. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






48. To remove from the environment.






49. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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