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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






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






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






8. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






10. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.






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






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






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






14. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






19. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






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






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






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






32. To connect or associate oneself with.






33. Measures of observed behavior.






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






35. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






39. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






44. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






49. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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