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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. A change in behavior due to experience.






3. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






6. A lack of the desired response.






7. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.






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






9. The act of reinforcing by touch.






10. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.






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






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






13. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






14. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






19. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.






20. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






21. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






25. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






26. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






27. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






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






29. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.






30. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






34. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.






35. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






39. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.






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






41. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.






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






43. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






45. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






48. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






49. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






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