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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






4. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.






5. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






17. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






18. To remove from the environment.






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






20. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






22. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.






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






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






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






26. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.






27. A lack of the desired response.






28. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.






29. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.






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






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






32. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






33. To connect or associate oneself with.






34. A lack of the desired response.






35. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.






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






37. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.






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






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






40. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






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






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






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






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






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






46. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.






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






48. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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