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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






4. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






6. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.






7. To remove from the environment.






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






9. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






13. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.






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






15. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






17. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.






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






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






20. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






23. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






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






25. A lack of the desired response.






26. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.






27. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






30. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






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






32. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.






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






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






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






36. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






38. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.






39. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.






40. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






44. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.






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






46. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






47. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.






48. The point at which appetite is lost.






49. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.






50. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.