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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Discriminative Stimulus
Attitude Shaping
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
2. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Continuous Reinforcement
Emit
Affiliation
Refusal
3. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Cue
Stimulus
Bridge
4. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Reward
Station
Learning Plateau
5. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Target (noun)
Differential Reinforcement
Discriminative Stimulus
Respondent Behavior
6. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Shaping
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Incompatible Behavior
Baseline
7. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Stimulus Delta
Primary Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
Motivation
8. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Reflex
9. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Target (verb)
Chaining
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Unconditioned Reinforcer
10. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Stimulus
Reinforcer
Conditioned Reinforcer
Respondent Behavior
11. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Primary
Attitude Shaping
Orienting Response
12. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Conditioning
Reinforcer
Performance
Intermittent Reinforcement
13. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Orienting Response
Discriminative Stimulus
Avoidance Conditioning
14. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Cue
Stimulus
Accidental Reinforcement
Reinforcement Contingency
15. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Extinction Burst
Unconditioned Response
Satiation
Terminal Response
16. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Method of Approximation
Stimulus
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Target (verb)
17. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Prompt
Imprinting
Station
18. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Negative
Superstitious Behavior
Delta
Refusal
19. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Reward
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Imprinting
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
20. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Target (noun)
Strain
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
21. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Reinforcement
Reward
Satiation
Conditioning
22. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Positive
Avoidance Conditioning
Primary
Response
23. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Strain
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Repression
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
24. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Secondary Reinforcer
Regression
Latency
Reinforcer
25. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Cue
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Positive Transfer
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
26. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Proactive Inhibition
Superstitious Behavior
Primary Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
27. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Cue
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Secondary
Reflex
28. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Selective Reinforcement
Superstitious Behavior
Response
Negative
29. To connect or associate oneself with.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Affiliation
Imprinting
Emit
30. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Baseline
Accidental Reinforcement
Negative
31. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Learning Plateau
Primary
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Imprinting
32. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Positive
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Attitude Shaping
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
33. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Habit
Bridge
Orienting Response
Emit
34. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Performance
Unconditioned Response
Reinforcement Contingency
Negative Reinforcer
35. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Conditioned Response
Generalization
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Stimulus Control
36. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Target (noun)
Secondary Reinforcer
Extinction Burst
37. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Positive Reinforcement
Reflex
Baseline
Intermittent Reinforcement
38. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Accidental Reinforcement
Discriminative Stimulus
Learning Plateau
Unconditioned Reinforcer
39. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Secondary Reinforcer
Recall
Orienting Response
Method of Approximation
40. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Negative
Behavioral Drift
Generalization
Differential Reinforcement
41. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Stimulus
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Incompatible Behavior
42. To connect or associate oneself with.
Habit
Delta
Regression
Affiliation
43. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Refusal
Approximation
Continuous Reinforcement
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
44. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
Cue
Orienting Response
45. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Reflex
Stimulus Delta
Reinforcer
46. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Reinforcement
Recall
Reinforcer
47. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Negative
Primary Reinforcement
Reward
Baseline
48. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Fading
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Secondary Reinforcer
Imprinting
49. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Extinction Burst
Adverse
Imprinting
Behavioral Drift
50. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Satiation
Attitude Shaping
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Reinforcer