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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






9. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






10. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






29. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






44. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






47. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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