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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






14. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






16. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.






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






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






19. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






20. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






24. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.






32. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






45. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






50. To automatically bring about a response.