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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






10. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






13. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.






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






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






16. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






25. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






27. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






30. The point at which appetite is lost.






31. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






34. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






35. To remove from the environment.






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






37. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.






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






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






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






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






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






43. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






47. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






49. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.






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