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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






24. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






28. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






29. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






42. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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