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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






8. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






12. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.






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






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






15. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.






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






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






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






19. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






21. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






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






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






24. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.






40. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.






41. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.






42. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.






43. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






45. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.






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






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






48. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






49. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






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