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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.






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






15. The point at which appetite is lost.






16. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






19. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






21. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.






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






23. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






24. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






30. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Measures of observed behavior.






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






45. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.






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






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






48. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.






49. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.






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