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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Conditioned Reinforcer
Discrimination
Behavioral Drift
2. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Negative
Imprinting
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
3. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Extinction Burst
Performance
Respondent Behavior
Positive Transfer
4. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Positive
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Unconditioned Reinforcer
5. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Learning
Successive Approximation
Behavioral Enrichment
6. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Station
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Imprinting
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
7. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Extinction
Extinction
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Negative Reinforcer
8. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Continuous Reinforcement
Target (noun)
Regression
Orienting Response
9. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Selective Reinforcement
Respondent Behavior
Latency
Performance
10. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Conditioning
Elicit
Behavioral Enrichment
11. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Continuous Reinforcement
Extinction Burst
Avoidance Conditioning
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
12. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Affiliation
Extinction Burst
Positive
Prompt
13. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Differential Reinforcement
Secondary
Approximation
Time-Out
14. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Terminal Response
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Reflex
Performance
15. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Unconditioned Reflex
Cue
Discriminative Stimulus
Negative Reinforcer
16. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Stimulus Delta
Repression
Discrimination
Unconditioned Reinforcer
17. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Stimulus
Extinction
Reinforcement Contingency
Target (noun)
18. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Imprinting
Attitude Shaping
Unconditioned Response
19. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Avoidance Conditioning
Respondent Behavior
Accidental Reinforcement
Shaping
20. The point at which appetite is lost.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Primary
Prompt
Satiation
21. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Baseline
Habit
Extinction Burst
22. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Incompatible Behavior
Approximation
Extinction Burst
Reinforcement
23. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Positive Punishment
Delta
Tactile Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
24. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Secondary
Intermittent Reinforcement
Intermittent Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reinforcer
25. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Terminal Response
26. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Attitude Shaping
Unconditioned Reflex
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Incompatible Behavior
27. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Performance
Primary Reinforcement
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Avoidance Conditioning
28. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Conditioned Response
Successive Approximation
Refusal
Negative Reinforcer
29. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Emit
Stimulus Control
Behavioral Drift
Learning Plateau
30. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Approximation
Affiliation
31. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Stimulus Delta
Primary Reinforcement
Accidental Reinforcement
Stimulus Control
32. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Satiation
Reinforcement
Chaining
Successive Approximation
33. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Primary Reinforcement
Strain
Recall
34. To automatically bring about a response.
Behavioral Enrichment
Elicit
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Reward
35. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Selective Reinforcement
Conditioned Reinforcer
Reinforcement
Primary Reinforcement
36. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Approximation
Orienting Response
Satiation
Operant or Operant Behavior
37. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Strain
Refusal
Respondent Behavior
Instinct
38. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Motivation
Positive Transfer
Unconditioned Reflex
Target (noun)
39. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Reflex
Terminal Response
Satiation
40. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Extinction
Proactive Inhibition
Performance
41. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Extinction Burst
Differential Reinforcement
Repression
Operant or Operant Behavior
42. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Discrimination
Discriminative Stimulus
Learning Plateau
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
43. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Deprivation
Reinforcement
Repression
Selective Reinforcement
44. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Extinction
Station
Avoidance Conditioning
Learning Plateau
45. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
Accidental Reinforcement
Habit
46. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Stimulus Control
Reflex
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Primary
47. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Regression
Bridge
Approximation
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
48. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Target (verb)
Differential Reinforcement
Bridge
Intermittent Reinforcement
49. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Refusal
Station
Proactive Inhibition
Positive Reinforcement
50. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Target (noun)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Affiliation
Shaping