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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






5. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.






6. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






7. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






9. To add to the environment.






10. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






11. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






22. To remove from the environment.






23. To add to the environment.






24. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






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






26. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






39. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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