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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.






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






4. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






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






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






18. To automatically bring about a response.






19. The act of reinforcing by touch.






20. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






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






36. To connect or associate oneself with.






37. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






42. A lack of the desired response.






43. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






45. A lack of the desired response.






46. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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