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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






4. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






9. Measures of observed behavior.






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






11. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.






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






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






20. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






24. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






25. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.






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






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






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






29. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






43. The act of reinforcing by touch.






44. To add to the environment.






45. To add to the environment.






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






47. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.






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






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






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