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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






16. To connect or associate oneself with.






17. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






22. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






24. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






27. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






32. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.






33. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






37. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






38. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






48. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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