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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






2. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






5. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






13. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






25. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






26. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






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






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






31. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






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






33. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.






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






35. To remove from the environment.






36. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.






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






38. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






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






44. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






49. A change in behavior due to experience.






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