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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






6. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






11. Measures of observed behavior.






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






13. A lack of the desired response.






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






15. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






17. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






20. Measures of observed behavior.






21. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






26. To add to the environment.






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






28. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






30. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






34. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.






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






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






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






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






39. To remove from the environment.






40. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






44. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






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






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