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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Time-Out
Cue
Chaining
Successive Approximation
2. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Attitude Shaping
Time-Out
Conditioning
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
3. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Reward
Intermittent Reinforcement
Stimulus Delta
4. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Discrimination
Fading
Cue
5. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Secondary
Satiation
Respondent Behavior
6. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Instinct
Learning Plateau
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Positive Punishment
7. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Primary Reinforcement
Incompatible Behavior
Conditioning
8. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Avoidance Conditioning
Chaining
Respondent Behavior
Conditioned Response
9. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Deprivation
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioning
10. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Imprinting
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Approximation
Operant or Operant Behavior
11. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Discrimination
Instinct
Prompt
Immediacy of Reinforcement
12. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Discriminative Stimulus
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Conditioning
13. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Successive Approximation
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Cue
Discriminative Stimulus
14. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Positive Reinforcement
15. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Secondary
Discriminative Stimulus
Prompt
16. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Strain
Approximation
Target (noun)
Affiliation
17. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Response
Station
Reinforcer
18. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Latency
Strain
Reinforcer
Accidental Reinforcement
19. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Primary
Habit
Continuous Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
20. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Superstitious Behavior
Unconditioned Reflex
Proactive Inhibition
Target (verb)
21. Measures of observed behavior.
Learning
Performance
Orienting Response
Stimulus Delta
22. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Secondary Reinforcer
Strain
Operant or Operant Behavior
Reward
23. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Target (verb)
Chaining
Discriminative Stimulus
Behavioral Enrichment
24. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Conditioned Reinforcer
Conditioned Reinforcer
Proactive Inhibition
25. A change in behavior due to experience.
Learning
Emit
Orienting Response
Discrimination
26. To remove from the environment.
Negative
Imprinting
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Fading
27. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Repression
Tactile Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
Avoidance Conditioning
28. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Reinforcement
Discriminative Stimulus
Prompt
29. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Behavioral Drift
Strain
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Chaining
30. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Negative Reinforcer
Proactive Inhibition
Unconditioned Reflex
Operant or Operant Behavior
31. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Reinforcement Contingency
Successive Approximation
Stimulus Control
Imprinting
32. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Respondent Behavior
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Primary Reinforcement
Time-Out
33. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Stimulus Delta
Positive
Conditioned Reinforcer
Respondent Behavior
34. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Shaping
Fading
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
35. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Terminal Response
Negative Reinforcer
Baseline
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
36. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Negative
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Stimulus Delta
37. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Recall
Method of Approximation
Imprinting
Elicit
38. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Incompatible Behavior
Recall
Response
Secondary Reinforcer
39. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Incompatible Behavior
Reflex
Unconditioned Reflex
Time-Out
40. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Emit
Successive Approximation
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Negative
41. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Conditioned Response
Attitude Shaping
Incompatible Behavior
Discriminative Stimulus
42. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Secondary
Satiation
Bridge
Latency
43. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Negative
Discriminative Stimulus
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
44. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Stimulus Control
Avoidance Conditioning
Stimulus Control
Habit
45. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Secondary
Method of Approximation
Fading
Reinforcement
46. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Reinforcement Contingency
Positive Reinforcement
Recall
Behavioral Enrichment
47. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Behavioral Drift
Accidental Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement
Stimulus Control
48. The point at which appetite is lost.
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Satiation
Target (noun)
Station
49. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Bridge
Baseline
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
50. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Conditioned Response
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Conditioned Response
Target (verb)
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