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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Satiation
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Baseline
Emit
2. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Continuous Reinforcement
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Discrimination
Avoidance Conditioning
3. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Behavioral Enrichment
Behavioral Drift
Target (noun)
Positive Reinforcement
4. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Secondary Reinforcer
Learning Plateau
Avoidance Conditioning
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
5. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Successive Approximation
Motivation
Recall
Selective Reinforcement
6. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Unconditioned Reflex
Discrimination
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
7. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Performance
Satiation
Repression
Incompatible Behavior
8. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Primary
Stimulus Delta
Primary Reinforcement
Terminal Response
9. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Delta
Satiation
Continuous Reinforcement
Stimulus
10. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Secondary Reinforcer
Discriminative Stimulus
Superstitious Behavior
11. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Reinforcer
Extinction
Refusal
Reward
12. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Motivation
Cue
Unconditioned Response
13. The point at which appetite is lost.
Satiation
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Reinforcer
Repression
14. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Stimulus
Fading
Affiliation
15. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Deprivation
Negative Reinforcer
Successive Approximation
Terminal Response
16. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Positive Reinforcement
Satiation
Method of Approximation
Performance
17. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Fading
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Accidental Reinforcement
18. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Positive Transfer
Target (noun)
Intermittent Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
19. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Conditioned Response
Time-Out
Negative Reinforcer
Fading
20. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Proactive Inhibition
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Superstitious Behavior
Selective Reinforcement
21. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Response
Target (verb)
Unconditioned Reinforcer
22. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Method of Approximation
Positive Transfer
Conditioned Reinforcer
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
23. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Tactile Reinforcement
Negative
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Extinction Burst
24. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Orienting Response
Positive Reinforcement
Unconditioned Response
Stimulus Delta
25. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Learning Plateau
Reinforcer
Prompt
Conditioned Reinforcer
26. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Chaining
Tactile Reinforcement
Stimulus
Elicit
27. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Respondent Behavior
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Reinforcement Contingency
Tactile Reinforcement
28. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Bridge
Baseline
Primary Reinforcement
Continuous Reinforcement
29. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Motivation
Negative
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Repression
30. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Reinforcer
Successive Approximation
Instinct
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
31. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Prompt
Intermittent Reinforcement
Affiliation
Reinforcement
32. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Shaping
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Reward
33. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Learning
Reinforcement
Target (verb)
Incompatible Behavior
34. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Extinction
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Positive
Reward
35. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Behavioral Enrichment
Stimulus Control
Instinct
Adverse
36. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Time-Out
Accidental Reinforcement
Attitude Shaping
37. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Reflex
Behavioral Drift
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Behavioral Enrichment
38. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Generalization
Recall
39. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Learning Plateau
Motivation
Bridge
40. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Emit
Target (verb)
Secondary Reinforcer
41. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Successive Approximation
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Continuous Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
42. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Primary Reinforcement
Positive Transfer
Primary
43. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Secondary
Elicit
Intermittent Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
44. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Reward
Selective Reinforcement
Target (noun)
Satiation
45. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Behavioral Enrichment
Adverse
Tactile Reinforcement
Operant or Operant Behavior
46. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Incompatible Behavior
Reflex
Unconditioned Response
Response
47. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Secondary Reinforcer
Baseline
Behavioral Enrichment
Stimulus Delta
48. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Performance
Strain
Elicit
Emit
49. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Positive Reinforcement
Accidental Reinforcement
Stimulus Delta
Recall
50. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Behavioral Drift
Reflex
Imprinting