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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Conditioning
Refusal
2. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Instinct
Target (noun)
Fading
Motivation
3. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Stimulus
Habit
Time-Out
Target (noun)
4. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Conditioned Response
Terminal Response
Continuous Reinforcement
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
5. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Primary Reinforcement
Regression
Baseline
Accidental Reinforcement
6. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Tactile Reinforcement
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
7. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Satiation
Chaining
Time-Out
8. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Target (noun)
Stimulus
Behavioral Drift
9. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Stimulus
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Latency
Elicit
10. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Deprivation
Stimulus Delta
Attitude Shaping
Superstitious Behavior
11. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Habit
Response
12. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Learning Plateau
Unconditioned Response
Prompt
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
13. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Positive Punishment
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Affiliation
Continuous Reinforcement
14. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Strain
Reinforcer
Repression
Adverse
15. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Fading
Positive
Accidental Reinforcement
Refusal
16. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Behavioral Drift
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Differential Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
17. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Secondary Reinforcer
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Positive
Strain
18. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Negative Reinforcer
Method of Approximation
Repression
19. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Satiation
Adverse
Refusal
Emit
20. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Imprinting
Learning
Motivation
Primary
21. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Tactile Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Selective Reinforcement
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
22. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Secondary
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Conditioned Response
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
23. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Time-Out
Conditioned Reinforcer
Unconditioned Response
Successive Approximation
24. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Extinction Burst
Approximation
Orienting Response
Strain
25. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Repression
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Positive Reinforcement
Latency
26. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Selective Reinforcement
Accidental Reinforcement
Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
27. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Latency
Continuous Reinforcement
Selective Reinforcement
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
28. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Target (verb)
Approximation
Baseline
Attitude Shaping
29. The point at which appetite is lost.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Satiation
Stimulus Delta
Target (noun)
30. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Target (noun)
Avoidance Conditioning
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Terminal Response
31. To remove from the environment.
Satiation
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Incompatible Behavior
Negative
32. To automatically bring about a response.
Reflex
Elicit
Adverse
Target (noun)
33. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Method of Approximation
Orienting Response
Discriminative Stimulus
34. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Station
Strain
Target (noun)
Reflex
35. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Fading
Regression
Intermittent Reinforcement
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
36. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Orienting Response
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Generalization
Selective Reinforcement
37. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Positive Punishment
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Affiliation
38. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Superstitious Behavior
Discrimination
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
39. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Differential Reinforcement
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Successive Approximation
Baseline
40. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Attitude Shaping
Shaping
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Satiation
41. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Instinct
Satiation
Affiliation
Bridge
42. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Positive Transfer
Reward
Reinforcer
Motivation
43. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Affiliation
Baseline
Differential Reinforcement
44. To connect or associate oneself with.
Reinforcement Contingency
Extinction Burst
Affiliation
Discrimination
45. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Respondent Behavior
Successive Approximation
Superstitious Behavior
Behavioral Enrichment
46. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Primary Reinforcement
Reinforcer
Recall
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
47. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Reinforcement Contingency
48. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Performance
Refusal
Terminal Response
Extinction Burst
49. The point at which appetite is lost.
Reinforcer
Satiation
Adverse
Reinforcement
50. To automatically bring about a response.
Elicit
Reflex
Bridge
Reward
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