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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Regression
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Imprinting
Prompt
2. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Continuous Reinforcement
Extinction
Primary Reinforcement
Target (noun)
3. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Cue
Continuous Reinforcement
Recall
Station
4. To connect or associate oneself with.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Affiliation
Learning
Habit
5. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Selective Reinforcement
Primary
Respondent Behavior
6. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Negative
Approximation
Secondary
7. To remove from the environment.
Adverse
Negative
Refusal
Intermittent Reinforcement
8. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Secondary
Station
Latency
9. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Regression
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Selective Reinforcement
Extinction Burst
10. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Imprinting
Stimulus Control
Discrimination
11. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Successive Approximation
Instinct
Superstitious Behavior
Operant or Operant Behavior
12. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Conditioned Response
Stimulus Control
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Reward
13. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Response
Extinction Burst
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Baseline
14. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Learning Plateau
Attitude Shaping
Continuous Reinforcement
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
15. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Secondary
Learning
Target (noun)
16. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Positive
Extinction Burst
Imprinting
Secondary Reinforcer
17. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Superstitious Behavior
Approximation
Latency
18. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Unconditioned Reflex
Refusal
Conditioned Reinforcer
Behavioral Enrichment
19. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Fading
Generalization
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Positive
20. Measures of observed behavior.
Performance
Target (verb)
Response
Habit
21. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Response
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
Elicit
22. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Imprinting
Extinction
Negative Reinforcer
Reinforcement Contingency
23. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Time-Out
Unconditioned Response
Delta
Prompt
24. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Unconditioned Reflex
Stimulus Delta
Positive Reinforcement
Incompatible Behavior
25. A lack of the desired response.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Refusal
Learning Plateau
Station
26. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Strain
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Differential Reinforcement
27. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Instinct
Primary
Positive
Chaining
28. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Reinforcement Contingency
Target (verb)
Positive Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
29. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
Differential Reinforcement
Attitude Shaping
30. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Time-Out
Refusal
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Emit
31. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Positive Transfer
Terminal Response
Discriminative Stimulus
Intermittent Reinforcement
32. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Proactive Inhibition
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Deprivation
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
33. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Continuous Reinforcement
Conditioned Response
Negative Reinforcer
Avoidance Conditioning
34. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Latency
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
35. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Delta
Conditioned Response
Strain
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
36. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Secondary
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Prompt
Latency
37. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Discrimination
Method of Approximation
Chaining
38. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Elicit
Tactile Reinforcement
Terminal Response
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
39. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Baseline
Positive Transfer
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Station
40. A lack of the desired response.
Primary
Attitude Shaping
Refusal
Primary Reinforcement
41. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Target (verb)
Reinforcement Contingency
Satiation
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
42. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Response
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
43. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Stimulus Delta
Secondary Reinforcer
Attitude Shaping
Conditioned Reinforcer
44. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Operant or Operant Behavior
Continuous Reinforcement
Recall
45. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Extinction
Station
Instinct
Target (verb)
46. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Method of Approximation
Habit
Primary Reinforcement
Target (verb)
47. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Shaping
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Regression
48. The point at which appetite is lost.
Proactive Inhibition
Behavioral Enrichment
Learning Plateau
Satiation
49. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Reinforcer
Baseline
Terminal Response
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
50. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Incompatible Behavior
Extinction Burst
Stimulus Delta
Shaping