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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Positive Reinforcement
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Respondent Behavior
Method of Approximation
2. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Selective Reinforcement
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Conditioned Reinforcer
3. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Unconditioned Response
Positive
Behavioral Enrichment
Station
4. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Station
Repression
Habit
Accidental Reinforcement
5. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Positive Punishment
Stimulus
Tactile Reinforcement
Station
6. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Instinct
Strain
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Conditioning
7. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Cue
Conditioning
Target (verb)
8. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Successive Approximation
Elicit
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Positive Reinforcement
9. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Positive Punishment
Refusal
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Orienting Response
10. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Stimulus Control
Emit
Negative Reinforcer
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
11. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Proactive Inhibition
Conditioned Reinforcer
Recall
Response
12. To remove from the environment.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Negative
Performance
Target (verb)
13. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Extinction Burst
Repression
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
14. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Repression
Intermittent Reinforcement
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
15. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Chaining
Superstitious Behavior
Extinction
Adverse
16. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Bridge
Deprivation
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Accidental Reinforcement
17. To automatically bring about a response.
Primary
Elicit
Tactile Reinforcement
Stimulus
18. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Imprinting
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Bridge
Habit
19. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Cue
Latency
Tactile Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
20. Measures of observed behavior.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Performance
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Continuous Reinforcement
21. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Reinforcer
Imprinting
Generalization
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
22. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Behavioral Drift
Recall
Superstitious Behavior
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
23. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Tactile Reinforcement
Delta
Superstitious Behavior
Time-Out
24. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Unconditioned Response
Bridge
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Shaping
25. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Reinforcement
Operant or Operant Behavior
Repression
Incompatible Behavior
26. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Behavioral Enrichment
Attitude Shaping
Chaining
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
27. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Method of Approximation
Baseline
28. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Motivation
Superstitious Behavior
Target (noun)
Prompt
29. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Attitude Shaping
Motivation
Reinforcer
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
30. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Reward
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Negative Reinforcer
Unconditioned Reflex
31. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Stimulus Control
Recall
Target (verb)
32. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Emit
Attitude Shaping
Negative
Superstitious Behavior
33. The point at which appetite is lost.
Reflex
Satiation
Deprivation
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
34. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Selective Reinforcement
Respondent Behavior
Method of Approximation
Positive Transfer
35. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Unconditioned Response
Selective Reinforcement
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Shaping
36. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Emit
Unconditioned Reflex
Fading
37. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Positive Punishment
Conditioned Response
Approximation
Refusal
38. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Method of Approximation
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Extinction Burst
39. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Imprinting
Emit
Conditioned Response
Baseline
40. To automatically bring about a response.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Elicit
Deprivation
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
41. To add to the environment.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Recall
Habit
Positive
42. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Discriminative Stimulus
Secondary Reinforcer
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Stimulus Delta
43. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Cue
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Primary
Regression
44. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
Conditioned Reinforcer
Recall
45. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Primary Reinforcement
Reinforcer
Reward
Immediacy of Reinforcement
46. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Bridge
Satiation
Reward
Positive Transfer
47. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Extinction
Incompatible Behavior
Cue
48. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Selective Reinforcement
Intermittent Reinforcement
Reinforcement Contingency
Conditioned Reinforcer
49. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Learning Plateau
Unconditioned Reinforcer
50. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Repression
Stimulus Control
Recall
Accidental Reinforcement