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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






7. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.






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






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






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






11. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






21. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.






22. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






24. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






26. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.






27. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.






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






29. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.






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






31. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.






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






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






34. To add to the environment.






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






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






37. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.






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






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






40. To automatically bring about a response.






41. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






45. The act of reinforcing by touch.






46. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






48. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






49. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






50. To connect or associate oneself with.