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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






11. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.






12. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






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






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






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






18. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






22. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Measures of observed behavior.






31. To automatically bring about a response.






32. A change in behavior due to experience.






33. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






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






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






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






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






38. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






43. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






44. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






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






46. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






48. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






50. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.