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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.






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






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






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






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






25. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.






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






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






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






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






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






31. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.






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






44. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






46. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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