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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






4. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






5. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






8. To remove from the environment.






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






10. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






13. Measures of observed behavior.






14. To automatically bring about a response.






15. The act of reinforcing by touch.






16. To automatically bring about a response.






17. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






19. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






23. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






32. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






35. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






37. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






39. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






45. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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