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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






5. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)






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






7. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.






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






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






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






11. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






15. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






18. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






23. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






28. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






39. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






41. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






44. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.






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






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






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






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






49. To remove from the environment.






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