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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






7. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






25. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






30. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






31. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






34. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






40. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






42. A change in behavior due to experience.






43. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.






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






45. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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