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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. To remove from the environment.
Extinction
Primary Reinforcement
Negative
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
2. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Behavioral Drift
Fading
Positive Reinforcement
Time-Out
3. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Positive
Discrimination
Negative Reinforcer
4. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Positive Reinforcement
Stimulus Delta
Extinction Burst
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
5. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Chaining
Intermittent Reinforcement
Elicit
Motivation
6. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Learning
Station
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Attitude Shaping
7. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Time-Out
Extinction Burst
Fading
Imprinting
8. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Positive
Stimulus
Station
Imprinting
9. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Positive Transfer
Cue
Conditioning
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
10. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Reflex
Conditioned Reinforcer
Generalization
Refusal
11. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Habit
Terminal Response
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
12. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Strain
Shaping
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
13. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Reinforcer
Operant or Operant Behavior
Positive Punishment
Respondent Behavior
14. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Repression
Conditioned Reinforcer
Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement
15. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Baseline
Accidental Reinforcement
Emit
Tactile Reinforcement
16. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Orienting Response
Conditioned Reinforcer
Recall
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
17. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Recall
Approximation
Reinforcement
Discrimination
18. A lack of the desired response.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Tactile Reinforcement
Refusal
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
19. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Emit
Unconditioned Response
Operant or Operant Behavior
Habit
20. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Recall
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Approximation
Habit
21. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Approximation
Latency
Positive Transfer
22. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Refusal
Latency
Bridge
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
23. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Incompatible Behavior
Generalization
Positive Punishment
24. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Discriminative Stimulus
Positive Reinforcement
Elicit
Regression
25. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Incompatible Behavior
Target (verb)
Habit
26. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Recall
Baseline
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Positive Reinforcement
27. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Chaining
Instinct
Terminal Response
Fading
28. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Extinction
Intermittent Reinforcement
Cue
Respondent Behavior
29. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Approximation
Response
Chaining
Cue
30. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Orienting Response
Positive Punishment
31. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Behavioral Drift
Accidental Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
Approximation
32. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Recall
Positive Punishment
Stimulus
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
33. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Extinction
Secondary
Recall
Learning Plateau
34. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Continuous Reinforcement
Intermittent Reinforcement
Baseline
Delta
35. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Primary
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Performance
Extinction
36. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Latency
Proactive Inhibition
Delta
Intermittent Reinforcement
37. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Reinforcement
Conditioned Reinforcer
Positive Transfer
Successive Approximation
38. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Approximation
Prompt
Discrimination
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
39. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Stimulus
Superstitious Behavior
Prompt
Attitude Shaping
40. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Deprivation
Reward
Prompt
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
41. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Target (verb)
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Primary
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
42. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Delta
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Secondary Reinforcer
43. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Prompt
Refusal
Positive Transfer
Extinction
44. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Extinction Burst
Avoidance Conditioning
Negative Reinforcer
Conditioned Reinforcer
45. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Station
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Behavioral Drift
Reinforcement
46. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Stimulus
Negative
Discrimination
Behavioral Drift
47. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Proactive Inhibition
Response
Adverse
Motivation
48. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Fading
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Positive Punishment
49. To remove from the environment.
Latency
Negative
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
50. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Unconditioned Reflex
Stimulus Control
Negative
Target (verb)