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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. The point at which appetite is lost.






2. To add to the environment.






3. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.






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






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






6. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.






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






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






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






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






11. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






12. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






13. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






16. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






17. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






22. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.






23. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






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






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






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






35. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.






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






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






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






39. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






41. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.






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






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






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






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






46. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






47. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.






48. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.






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






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