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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. To add to the environment.
Reward
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Positive
Positive Punishment
2. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Extinction
Selective Reinforcement
Continuous Reinforcement
Repression
3. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Negative
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Conditioned Response
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
4. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Positive
Reinforcement Contingency
Secondary
Continuous Reinforcement
5. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Generalization
Recall
Adverse
Successive Approximation
6. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Superstitious Behavior
Response
Unconditioned Reflex
Orienting Response
7. To connect or associate oneself with.
Stimulus Control
Reinforcement Contingency
Differential Reinforcement
Affiliation
8. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Regression
Latency
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
9. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Response
Operant or Operant Behavior
Response
Extinction Burst
10. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Superstitious Behavior
Conditioning
Imprinting
11. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Regression
Habit
Recall
12. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Generalization
Regression
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Reflex
13. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Elicit
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Negative Reinforcer
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
14. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Stimulus Control
Negative Reinforcer
Latency
Accidental Reinforcement
15. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Delta
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Selective Reinforcement
Generalization
16. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Conditioned Response
Primary
Secondary
Stimulus Control
17. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Stimulus
Time-Out
Selective Reinforcement
Behavioral Drift
18. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Secondary Reinforcer
Negative Reinforcer
Secondary Reinforcer
Discrimination
19. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Reinforcer
Tactile Reinforcement
Secondary
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
20. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Latency
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Generalization
Emit
21. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Successive Approximation
Shaping
Cue
Discriminative Stimulus
22. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Discrimination
Motivation
Differential Reinforcement
Performance
23. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Instinct
Extinction Burst
Reinforcement Contingency
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
24. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Negative
Reflex
25. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Proactive Inhibition
Negative
Approximation
Stimulus Control
26. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Positive Punishment
Attitude Shaping
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
27. Measures of observed behavior.
Performance
Accidental Reinforcement
Emit
Cue
28. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Orienting Response
Target (noun)
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Time-Out
29. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Strain
Performance
Secondary
Extinction
30. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Habit
Bridge
Secondary Reinforcer
31. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Primary
Attitude Shaping
Reflex
Stimulus
32. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Discrimination
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Reward
Selective Reinforcement
33. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Station
Unconditioned Reflex
Station
Latency
34. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Refusal
Generalization
Latency
Prompt
35. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Accidental Reinforcement
Deprivation
Respondent Behavior
Repression
36. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Positive Transfer
Delta
Reward
Accidental Reinforcement
37. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Baseline
Tactile Reinforcement
Attitude Shaping
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
38. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Avoidance Conditioning
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Behavioral Enrichment
Terminal Response
39. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Conditioned Response
Reinforcement Contingency
Cue
Repression
40. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Primary Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
Approximation
Immediacy of Reinforcement
41. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Orienting Response
Baseline
Successive Approximation
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
42. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Stimulus Control
Shaping
Extinction
43. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Superstitious Behavior
Recall
Incompatible Behavior
Accidental Reinforcement
44. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Positive Punishment
Intermittent Reinforcement
Attitude Shaping
Deprivation
45. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Orienting Response
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Response
46. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Imprinting
Response
Generalization
Positive Transfer
47. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Discriminative Stimulus
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Prompt
Target (noun)
48. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Negative Reinforcer
Attitude Shaping
Learning Plateau
Positive Transfer
49. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Emit
Refusal
50. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Orienting Response
Reward
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Habit