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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.






10. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The point at which appetite is lost.






41. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.






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






43. The point at which appetite is lost.






44. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






46. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.






47. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






48. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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







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