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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






5. A lack of the desired response.






6. To remove from the environment.






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






8. Measures of observed behavior.






9. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






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






15. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.






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






17. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






20. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






29. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






31. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






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






39. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.






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






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






49. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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