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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






17. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






24. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






27. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.






28. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






33. A lack of the desired response.






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






35. To automatically bring about a response.






36. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.






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






38. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






44. To add to the environment.






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






46. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






47. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)






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






49. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)






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