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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A lack of the desired response.
Target (noun)
Adverse
Behavioral Drift
Refusal
2. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Secondary
Motivation
Tactile Reinforcement
Instinct
3. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Negative
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Stimulus
Positive
4. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Discrimination
Behavioral Drift
Motivation
Positive
5. To add to the environment.
Baseline
Positive
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Shaping
6. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Unconditioned Response
Target (noun)
Bridge
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
7. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Accidental Reinforcement
Prompt
Performance
Secondary
8. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Repression
Stimulus
Reflex
Primary Reinforcement
9. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Avoidance Conditioning
Selective Reinforcement
Conditioned Response
Latency
10. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Recall
Negative Reinforcer
Orienting Response
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
11. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Attitude Shaping
Accidental Reinforcement
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
12. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Behavioral Drift
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Positive Reinforcement
Discriminative Stimulus
13. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Station
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Avoidance Conditioning
Target (noun)
14. To remove from the environment.
Tactile Reinforcement
Latency
Negative
Approximation
15. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Generalization
Behavioral Drift
Tactile Reinforcement
Immediacy of Reinforcement
16. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Target (noun)
Secondary Reinforcer
Satiation
17. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Latency
Stimulus Delta
Orienting Response
Target (verb)
18. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Satiation
Conditioned Response
Attitude Shaping
Successive Approximation
19. To automatically bring about a response.
Chaining
Elicit
Intermittent Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
20. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Latency
Stimulus Control
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Fading
21. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Secondary Reinforcer
Instinct
Discriminative Stimulus
22. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Primary Reinforcement
Latency
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Shaping
23. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Affiliation
Respondent Behavior
Baseline
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
24. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Secondary Reinforcer
Reinforcement
Discrimination
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
25. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Stimulus
Superstitious Behavior
Adverse
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
26. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Conditioning
Avoidance Conditioning
27. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Latency
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Continuous Reinforcement
Primary
28. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Affiliation
Positive
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Reinforcer
29. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Stimulus Delta
Response
Positive
Superstitious Behavior
30. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Recall
Secondary
Unconditioned Response
Regression
31. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Target (verb)
Reinforcement Contingency
Superstitious Behavior
Performance
32. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Method of Approximation
Reinforcer
Deprivation
Stimulus Delta
33. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Emit
34. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Positive Transfer
Target (verb)
Positive Punishment
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
35. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Adverse
Behavioral Drift
Positive
Generalization
36. To connect or associate oneself with.
Affiliation
Target (noun)
Discrimination
Baseline
37. To remove from the environment.
Generalization
Negative
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Reinforcement
38. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Reinforcer
Orienting Response
Operant or Operant Behavior
Instinct
39. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Positive
Habit
Positive Punishment
Discriminative Stimulus
40. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Reinforcement
Regression
Instinct
Terminal Response
41. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Regression
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Learning
Prompt
42. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Secondary
Fading
Differential Reinforcement
43. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Primary
Baseline
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Conditioned Response
44. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Incompatible Behavior
Generalization
Shaping
Unconditioned Reinforcer
45. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Successive Approximation
Regression
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Instinct
46. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Emit
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Latency
Positive Reinforcement
47. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Positive Punishment
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Tactile Reinforcement
Shaping
48. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Negative Reinforcer
Positive Reinforcement
Stimulus Control
Avoidance Conditioning
49. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Terminal Response
Primary Reinforcement
Learning Plateau
Conditioned Reinforcer
50. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Baseline
Conditioning
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)