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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Reflex
Habit
Negative
Terminal Response
2. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Habit
Affiliation
Bridge
Emit
3. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Reinforcement
Adverse
Discriminative Stimulus
Imprinting
4. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Recall
Baseline
Adverse
Learning
5. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Fading
Attitude Shaping
Intermittent Reinforcement
Learning
6. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Stimulus Delta
Secondary Reinforcer
Negative Reinforcer
Shaping
7. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Extinction Burst
Deprivation
Emit
Positive
8. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Extinction
Superstitious Behavior
Positive
Continuous Reinforcement
9. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Stimulus Delta
Differential Reinforcement
Imprinting
Tactile Reinforcement
10. To automatically bring about a response.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Behavioral Enrichment
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Elicit
11. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Primary
Stimulus Delta
Secondary
Generalization
12. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Secondary Reinforcer
Baseline
Successive Approximation
Motivation
13. The point at which appetite is lost.
Behavioral Drift
Negative
Satiation
Continuous Reinforcement
14. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Reinforcement
Prompt
Discriminative Stimulus
Target (verb)
15. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Approximation
Imprinting
Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
16. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Primary Reinforcement
Regression
Negative Reinforcer
17. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Incompatible Behavior
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Incompatible Behavior
Successive Approximation
18. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Bridge
Target (verb)
Positive
Continuous Reinforcement
19. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Satiation
Conditioning
Terminal Response
Behavioral Drift
20. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Performance
Secondary
Secondary
21. A lack of the desired response.
Refusal
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Time-Out
Station
22. A change in behavior due to experience.
Learning
Stimulus Control
Reward
Reflex
23. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Positive
Selective Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
24. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Unconditioned Response
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Superstitious Behavior
25. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Selective Reinforcement
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Behavioral Enrichment
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
26. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Emit
Operant or Operant Behavior
Conditioning
Conditioned Response
27. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Positive Reinforcement
Conditioning
Bridge
Response
28. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Target (noun)
Orienting Response
Latency
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
29. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Extinction Burst
Regression
Bridge
30. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Secondary
Respondent Behavior
Delta
Reinforcement Contingency
31. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Repression
Selective Reinforcement
Delta
Orienting Response
32. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Conditioning
Operant or Operant Behavior
33. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Habit
Reflex
Bridge
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
34. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Negative Reinforcer
Incompatible Behavior
Repression
Station
35. To add to the environment.
Reinforcement
Secondary Reinforcer
Positive
Refusal
36. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Superstitious Behavior
Fading
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Tactile Reinforcement
37. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Recall
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Reflex
Differential Reinforcement
38. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Imprinting
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Reflex
Reinforcement
39. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Extinction Burst
Emit
Affiliation
Performance
40. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Differential Reinforcement
Shaping
Cue
Deprivation
41. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Reflex
Reinforcer
Emit
Delta
42. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Selective Reinforcement
Stimulus Control
Instinct
Intermittent Reinforcement
43. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Prompt
Satiation
Learning
Response
44. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Learning
Orienting Response
Reinforcement Contingency
Habit
45. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Behavioral Enrichment
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Refusal
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
46. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Stimulus
Extinction
Cue
47. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Bridge
Negative Reinforcer
Stimulus Control
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
48. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Discrimination
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Stimulus Delta
Selective Reinforcement
49. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Behavioral Drift
Station
Fading
Time-Out
50. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Discrimination
Reinforcement Contingency
Behavioral Enrichment
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)