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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Elicit
Terminal Response
2. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Regression
Learning
Fading
Chaining
3. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Recall
Prompt
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Continuous Reinforcement
4. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Imprinting
Baseline
Generalization
Negative Reinforcer
5. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Positive
Conditioning
Stimulus Delta
Affiliation
6. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Strain
Response
Habit
Unconditioned Reinforcer
7. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Strain
Positive Reinforcement
Repression
Selective Reinforcement
8. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Emit
Extinction
Performance
Recall
9. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Stimulus Control
Target (verb)
Incompatible Behavior
Imprinting
10. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Superstitious Behavior
Differential Reinforcement
Conditioning
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
11. To connect or associate oneself with.
Affiliation
Negative Reinforcer
Negative
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
12. Measures of observed behavior.
Primary Reinforcement
Generalization
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Performance
13. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Learning Plateau
Intermittent Reinforcement
Bridge
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
14. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Reward
Emit
15. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Deprivation
Primary
Response
Instinct
16. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Discriminative Stimulus
Learning
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Discrimination
17. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Performance
Positive
Target (verb)
Prompt
18. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Positive Transfer
Prompt
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
19. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Extinction
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Deprivation
Behavioral Enrichment
20. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Successive Approximation
Orienting Response
Station
Secondary
21. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Emit
Continuous Reinforcement
Reinforcement Contingency
Recall
22. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Selective Reinforcement
23. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Extinction
Positive Reinforcement
Bridge
Latency
24. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Negative Reinforcer
Target (noun)
Secondary
Behavioral Drift
25. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Reinforcer
Affiliation
Superstitious Behavior
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
26. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Primary
Discriminative Stimulus
Adverse
Unconditioned Reflex
27. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Instinct
Stimulus Delta
Positive Punishment
Station
28. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Discriminative Stimulus
Intermittent Reinforcement
Respondent Behavior
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
29. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Negative Reinforcer
Habit
Positive Punishment
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
30. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Conditioned Response
Time-Out
Baseline
31. A lack of the desired response.
Unconditioned Response
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Refusal
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
32. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Orienting Response
Reinforcement
Emit
Immediacy of Reinforcement
33. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Positive Transfer
Motivation
Discriminative Stimulus
34. To automatically bring about a response.
Elicit
Reflex
Approximation
Immediacy of Reinforcement
35. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Orienting Response
Secondary
Learning
Unconditioned Reflex
36. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Station
Latency
Unconditioned Reinforcer
37. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Proactive Inhibition
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioning
38. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Conditioned Reinforcer
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioning
39. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Time-Out
Positive Transfer
Conditioned Response
Delta
40. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Chaining
Shaping
Positive Punishment
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
41. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Reinforcer
Primary Reinforcement
Cue
Habit
42. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Method of Approximation
Fading
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Refusal
43. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Tactile Reinforcement
Latency
Proactive Inhibition
Target (noun)
44. A change in behavior due to experience.
Learning
Attitude Shaping
Operant or Operant Behavior
Behavioral Enrichment
45. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Reward
Positive Transfer
Bridge
Method of Approximation
46. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Avoidance Conditioning
Affiliation
Instinct
Shaping
47. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Successive Approximation
Recall
Positive Punishment
Primary
48. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Delta
Learning Plateau
Target (noun)
Attitude Shaping
49. The point at which appetite is lost.
Deprivation
Satiation
Shaping
Bridge
50. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Conditioned Response
Positive Punishment
Time-Out
Avoidance Conditioning