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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.






2. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






3. To remove from the environment.






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






5. To connect or associate oneself with.






6. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.






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






8. A change in behavior due to experience.






9. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






12. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.






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






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






15. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.






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






17. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






18. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






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






20. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.






21. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






22. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






24. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






25. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






28. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.






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






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






31. To remove from the environment.






32. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






33. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.






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






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






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






37. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)






38. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.






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






49. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.






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