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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Motivation
Differential Reinforcement
Learning
Proactive Inhibition
2. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Tactile Reinforcement
Negative
Behavioral Enrichment
3. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Repression
Imprinting
Extinction
Unconditioned Reflex
4. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Affiliation
Positive
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
5. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Positive
Negative
Terminal Response
Unconditioned Response
6. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Latency
Stimulus
Discrimination
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
7. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Behavioral Enrichment
Reward
Recall
Imprinting
8. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Bridge
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Secondary Reinforcer
9. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Strain
Selective Reinforcement
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Approximation
10. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Recall
Differential Reinforcement
Fading
Adverse
11. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Emit
Shaping
Intermittent Reinforcement
Positive Transfer
12. A lack of the desired response.
Refusal
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Conditioning
13. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Orienting Response
Time-Out
Selective Reinforcement
Successive Approximation
14. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Unconditioned Response
Incompatible Behavior
Extinction
Bridge
15. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Reinforcement Contingency
Method of Approximation
Conditioned Reinforcer
16. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Refusal
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Reward
17. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Incompatible Behavior
Shaping
Habit
18. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Elicit
Avoidance Conditioning
Extinction
Proactive Inhibition
19. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Instinct
Habit
Incompatible Behavior
20. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Bridge
Accidental Reinforcement
Habit
Regression
21. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Stimulus
Habit
22. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Negative Reinforcer
Stimulus Delta
Chaining
Behavioral Enrichment
23. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Stimulus Delta
Emit
Refusal
Behavioral Enrichment
24. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Satiation
Conditioned Reinforcer
Discrimination
25. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Negative
Strain
Positive Punishment
Primary Reinforcement
26. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Conditioned Response
Target (verb)
Accidental Reinforcement
Reinforcement Contingency
27. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Instinct
Tactile Reinforcement
Discriminative Stimulus
Behavioral Enrichment
28. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Primary
Instinct
Shaping
Secondary
29. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Discriminative Stimulus
Elicit
Terminal Response
Discrimination
30. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Positive
Motivation
Continuous Reinforcement
Reflex
31. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Generalization
Primary
Tactile Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
32. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Motivation
Accidental Reinforcement
Learning Plateau
Elicit
33. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Imprinting
Primary Reinforcement
Terminal Response
Attitude Shaping
34. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Positive Transfer
Delta
Cue
Negative
35. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Delta
Accidental Reinforcement
Continuous Reinforcement
Reinforcement
36. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Stimulus
Bridge
Imprinting
37. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Positive Transfer
Intermittent Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcer
Intermittent Reinforcement
38. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Performance
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Adverse
39. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Accidental Reinforcement
Learning
Positive Transfer
40. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Station
Primary
Respondent Behavior
Conditioning
41. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Reinforcer
Positive Punishment
42. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Fading
Continuous Reinforcement
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Generalization
43. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Fading
Primary Reinforcement
Extinction
Immediacy of Reinforcement
44. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Approximation
Successive Approximation
Attitude Shaping
Bridge
45. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Elicit
Adverse
Superstitious Behavior
46. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Delta
Positive
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Target (verb)
47. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Deprivation
Intermittent Reinforcement
Latency
Unconditioned Reinforcer
48. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Elicit
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Discriminative Stimulus
Generalization
49. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Terminal Response
Stimulus Control
Response
Stimulus Delta
50. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Terminal Response
Selective Reinforcement
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Primary