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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






15. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






38. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






43. Measures of observed behavior.






44. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.






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






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






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






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






49. A change in behavior due to experience.






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







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