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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






2. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






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






4. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






6. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.






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






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






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






10. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






14. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.






15. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






19. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






40. To connect or associate oneself with.






41. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






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






47. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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