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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A lack of the desired response.






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






10. To automatically bring about a response.






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






12. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






17. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.






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






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






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






21. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






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






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






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






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






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






27. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.






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






37. To add to the environment.






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






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






40. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






45. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






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






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






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






49. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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