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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






2. The point at which appetite is lost.






3. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.






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






5. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A change in behavior due to experience.






13. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.






14. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






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






16. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.






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






18. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






19. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






23. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






26. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.






27. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






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






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






30. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






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






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






33. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






36. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






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






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






39. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.






40. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.






41. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






43. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.






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






45. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






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






47. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.






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






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






50. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.






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