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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






15. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.






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






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






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






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






20. To add to the environment.






21. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






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






23. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






26. The act of reinforcing by touch.






27. Measures of observed behavior.






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






29. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






32. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.






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






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






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






36. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






42. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






45. To automatically bring about a response.






46. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






47. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






48. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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