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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






4. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






6. To connect or associate oneself with.






7. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






11. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






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






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






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






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






16. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






19. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






20. The act of reinforcing by touch.






21. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






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






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






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






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






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






27. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






28. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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