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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






16. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






18. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The act of reinforcing by touch.






26. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






29. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






30. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






35. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






39. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






42. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






43. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






44. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.






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






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






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






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






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






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