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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Affiliation
Deprivation
Positive Punishment
Discrimination
2. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Respondent Behavior
Target (verb)
Instinct
Recall
3. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Positive Reinforcement
Imprinting
Tactile Reinforcement
Deprivation
4. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Proactive Inhibition
Terminal Response
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
5. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Behavioral Enrichment
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Accidental Reinforcement
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
6. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Habit
Extinction
Positive Punishment
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
7. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Discrimination
Negative
Positive Transfer
Successive Approximation
8. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Attitude Shaping
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Instinct
Imprinting
9. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Target (verb)
Generalization
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Continuous Reinforcement
10. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Tactile Reinforcement
Conditioned Reinforcer
Reinforcement
11. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Selective Reinforcement
Method of Approximation
Chaining
Imprinting
12. The point at which appetite is lost.
Unconditioned Reflex
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Satiation
Continuous Reinforcement
13. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Primary
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Motivation
Latency
14. To remove from the environment.
Negative
Reflex
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Satiation
15. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Negative Reinforcer
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Latency
16. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Reward
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
17. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Tactile Reinforcement
Unconditioned Response
Extinction Burst
Generalization
18. To connect or associate oneself with.
Learning Plateau
Reflex
Affiliation
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
19. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Baseline
Secondary
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Fading
20. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Superstitious Behavior
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Reward
Successive Approximation
21. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Shaping
Deprivation
Regression
Imprinting
22. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Baseline
Bridge
Operant or Operant Behavior
Accidental Reinforcement
23. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Repression
Negative Reinforcer
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Satiation
24. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Tactile Reinforcement
Attitude Shaping
Negative
Latency
25. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Conditioned Response
Proactive Inhibition
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Extinction Burst
26. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Instinct
Incompatible Behavior
Differential Reinforcement
Repression
27. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Orienting Response
Discrimination
Recall
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
28. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Affiliation
Respondent Behavior
Extinction
Secondary
29. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Proactive Inhibition
Reflex
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Conditioned Response
30. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Conditioned Response
Selective Reinforcement
Bridge
Learning Plateau
31. A change in behavior due to experience.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Learning Plateau
Learning
32. To automatically bring about a response.
Prompt
Elicit
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Positive Punishment
33. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Response
Affiliation
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Affiliation
34. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Reinforcement
Delta
Latency
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
35. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Unconditioned Reflex
Imprinting
Response
36. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Superstitious Behavior
Unconditioned Reflex
Unconditioned Response
37. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Habit
Discriminative Stimulus
Fading
Refusal
38. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Discriminative Stimulus
Deprivation
Adverse
Strain
39. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Station
Chaining
Primary Reinforcement
40. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Strain
Chaining
Bridge
Positive
41. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Imprinting
Fading
Baseline
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
42. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Accidental Reinforcement
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Refusal
43. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Primary Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
44. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Conditioned Response
Successive Approximation
Stimulus Delta
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
45. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Discriminative Stimulus
Conditioned Reinforcer
Strain
Reinforcement
46. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Target (verb)
Differential Reinforcement
Orienting Response
Extinction Burst
47. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Recall
Delta
Behavioral Drift
Deprivation
48. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Repression
Habit
Continuous Reinforcement
Learning
49. Measures of observed behavior.
Extinction
Conditioned Response
Performance
Accidental Reinforcement
50. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Strain
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Conditioned Response
Reinforcement