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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Fading
Secondary
Approximation
2. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Extinction
Instinct
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
3. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Prompt
Latency
Extinction
Primary Reinforcement
4. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Respondent Behavior
Positive Punishment
Differential Reinforcement
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
5. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Deprivation
Reflex
Response
6. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Terminal Response
Proactive Inhibition
Reward
Emit
7. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Extinction Burst
Respondent Behavior
Primary
8. A lack of the desired response.
Refusal
Adverse
Extinction Burst
Habit
9. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Reinforcer
Extinction Burst
Secondary
10. To automatically bring about a response.
Tactile Reinforcement
Intermittent Reinforcement
Elicit
Imprinting
11. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Chaining
Station
Discriminative Stimulus
Selective Reinforcement
12. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Tactile Reinforcement
Terminal Response
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Reinforcement
13. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Positive Reinforcement
Negative
Stimulus Control
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
14. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Affiliation
Unconditioned Response
Successive Approximation
Reward
15. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Unconditioned Response
Learning Plateau
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Positive Punishment
16. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Fading
Repression
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
17. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Positive Transfer
Latency
Attitude Shaping
Extinction Burst
18. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Fading
Delta
Reinforcement
Orienting Response
19. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Deprivation
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Selective Reinforcement
Generalization
20. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Secondary Reinforcer
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Behavioral Enrichment
Habit
21. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Time-Out
Avoidance Conditioning
Conditioned Response
Positive Punishment
22. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Proactive Inhibition
Instinct
Fading
Motivation
23. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Shaping
Extinction
Emit
24. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Strain
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Positive
Reinforcement
25. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Conditioned Response
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Unconditioned Response
Reinforcement
26. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Conditioning
Reinforcer
Generalization
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
27. A lack of the desired response.
Delta
Stimulus Delta
Refusal
Motivation
28. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Secondary Reinforcer
Adverse
Secondary Reinforcer
Terminal Response
29. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Orienting Response
Positive Reinforcement
Refusal
Positive Punishment
30. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Strain
Superstitious Behavior
Reinforcement Contingency
Instinct
31. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Performance
Conditioned Reinforcer
Operant or Operant Behavior
Strain
32. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Unconditioned Reflex
Instinct
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Station
33. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Habit
Positive Transfer
Terminal Response
Avoidance Conditioning
34. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Positive Transfer
Conditioning
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
35. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Deprivation
Delta
Recall
Operant or Operant Behavior
36. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Negative
Conditioned Response
Baseline
Bridge
37. To add to the environment.
Extinction
Reward
Discriminative Stimulus
Positive
38. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Bridge
Method of Approximation
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
39. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Incompatible Behavior
Reinforcement
Operant or Operant Behavior
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
40. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Orienting Response
Tactile Reinforcement
Accidental Reinforcement
Imprinting
41. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Target (verb)
Target (noun)
Primary
Positive Reinforcement
42. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Reinforcer
Negative
Baseline
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
43. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Adverse
Behavioral Enrichment
Response
44. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Method of Approximation
Behavioral Drift
Chaining
Superstitious Behavior
45. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Attitude Shaping
Secondary Reinforcer
Discrimination
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
46. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Intermittent Reinforcement
Recall
Extinction
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
47. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Selective Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
Successive Approximation
Delta
48. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Reinforcement Contingency
Stimulus Control
Superstitious Behavior
49. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Positive Transfer
Superstitious Behavior
Accidental Reinforcement
Target (noun)
50. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Secondary Reinforcer
Positive Transfer
Selective Reinforcement
Operant or Operant Behavior