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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






29. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






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






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






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






33. The point at which appetite is lost.






34. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






38. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






42. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. A change in behavior due to experience.







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