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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






2. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






9. Measures of observed behavior.






10. To connect or associate oneself with.






11. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






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






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






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






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






16. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






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






22. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)






23. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.






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






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






26. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






27. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






29. A lack of the desired response.






30. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.






31. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)






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






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






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






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






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






37. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






42. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






47. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






49. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






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