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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Reflex
Behavioral Enrichment
Imprinting
Fading
2. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Positive Reinforcement
Stimulus
Primary Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcer
3. A change in behavior due to experience.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Unconditioned Response
Learning
Cue
4. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Satiation
Emit
Conditioned Reinforcer
Conditioning
5. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Prompt
Extinction
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
6. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Negative Reinforcer
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Intermittent Reinforcement
Deprivation
7. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Discriminative Stimulus
Avoidance Conditioning
Reinforcement
Fading
8. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Reflex
Differential Reinforcement
Generalization
Baseline
9. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Approximation
Differential Reinforcement
Repression
Operant or Operant Behavior
10. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Conditioning
Reflex
Cue
Habit
11. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Discrimination
Repression
Negative
Target (noun)
12. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Discrimination
Primary Reinforcement
Conditioned Response
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
13. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Selective Reinforcement
Unconditioned Response
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
14. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Habit
Performance
Response
Behavioral Enrichment
15. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Attitude Shaping
Deprivation
Habit
Latency
16. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Reflex
Accidental Reinforcement
Unconditioned Response
Learning Plateau
17. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Negative
Baseline
Attitude Shaping
Station
18. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Superstitious Behavior
Positive
Approximation
Shaping
19. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Fading
Learning
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Proactive Inhibition
20. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Affiliation
Accidental Reinforcement
Response
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
21. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Positive Reinforcement
Proactive Inhibition
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Conditioning
22. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Imprinting
Accidental Reinforcement
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Adverse
23. The point at which appetite is lost.
Continuous Reinforcement
Chaining
Satiation
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
24. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Negative Reinforcer
Adverse
Avoidance Conditioning
Satiation
25. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Extinction
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Elicit
Motivation
26. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Emit
Unconditioned Reflex
Adverse
Positive Transfer
27. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Reflex
Adverse
Delta
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
28. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Respondent Behavior
Successive Approximation
Cue
Selective Reinforcement
29. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Secondary Reinforcer
Terminal Response
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
30. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Extinction
Repression
Recall
Discrimination
31. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Respondent Behavior
Learning Plateau
Operant or Operant Behavior
Stimulus Control
32. To automatically bring about a response.
Primary
Prompt
Elicit
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
33. To add to the environment.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Positive
Adverse
34. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Refusal
Strain
Extinction Burst
Bridge
35. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Discriminative Stimulus
Target (noun)
Regression
36. To connect or associate oneself with.
Habit
Respondent Behavior
Response
Affiliation
37. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Negative
Delta
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Conditioned Response
38. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Motivation
Incompatible Behavior
Cue
Selective Reinforcement
39. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Proactive Inhibition
Tactile Reinforcement
Habit
Stimulus Delta
40. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Stimulus
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Reward
41. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Response
Bridge
Refusal
Affiliation
42. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Reinforcement Contingency
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
Imprinting
43. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Recall
Stimulus Control
Reflex
Learning Plateau
44. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Strain
Tactile Reinforcement
Primary Reinforcement
Immediacy of Reinforcement
45. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Orienting Response
Satiation
Secondary Reinforcer
Emit
46. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Primary Reinforcement
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Successive Approximation
Continuous Reinforcement
47. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Tactile Reinforcement
Proactive Inhibition
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Generalization
48. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Latency
Positive Punishment
Secondary Reinforcer
Response
49. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Avoidance Conditioning
Reflex
Reinforcement Contingency
Shaping
50. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Generalization
Unconditioned Reflex
Conditioned Reinforcer