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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.






2. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






3. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






8. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






9. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






11. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






13. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






16. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






21. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)






22. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






24. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






26. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.






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






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






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






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






31. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






32. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






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






34. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.






35. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.






36. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






39. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.






40. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






41. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






42. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.






43. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.






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






45. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






47. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.






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






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






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