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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Discriminative Stimulus
Avoidance Conditioning
Refusal
Continuous Reinforcement
2. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Response
Conditioning
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Stimulus
3. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Selective Reinforcement
Deprivation
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Positive Transfer
4. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Selective Reinforcement
Reinforcer
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Instinct
5. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Target (noun)
Terminal Response
Unconditioned Reflex
Discriminative Stimulus
6. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Chaining
Attitude Shaping
Latency
Secondary
7. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Time-Out
Accidental Reinforcement
Conditioned Response
Station
8. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Tactile Reinforcement
Chaining
Selective Reinforcement
Bridge
9. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Reinforcement
Intermittent Reinforcement
Fading
Learning Plateau
10. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Reinforcer
Negative Reinforcer
11. A change in behavior due to experience.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Learning
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Fading
12. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Continuous Reinforcement
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Reflex
Adverse
13. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Strain
Generalization
Primary
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
14. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Elicit
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Extinction
Stimulus Control
15. A lack of the desired response.
Unconditioned Response
Refusal
Positive Reinforcement
Primary Reinforcement
16. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Generalization
Primary
Respondent Behavior
17. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Positive Transfer
Proactive Inhibition
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Discriminative Stimulus
18. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Prompt
Bridge
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Respondent Behavior
19. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Differential Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
Primary
Target (verb)
20. To connect or associate oneself with.
Positive Transfer
Affiliation
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Delta
21. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Latency
Respondent Behavior
Positive Punishment
Primary Reinforcement
22. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Proactive Inhibition
Stimulus Delta
Extinction Burst
Performance
23. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Positive Reinforcement
Stimulus Delta
Primary Reinforcement
Imprinting
24. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Unconditioned Response
Orienting Response
Conditioned Reinforcer
Unconditioned Reinforcer
25. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Method of Approximation
Recall
Immediacy of Reinforcement
26. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Discrimination
Delta
Strain
Time-Out
27. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Unconditioned Response
Unconditioned Response
Performance
Bridge
28. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Station
Superstitious Behavior
Reinforcer
Recall
29. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Deprivation
Target (verb)
Baseline
Reinforcer
30. The point at which appetite is lost.
Satiation
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Elicit
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
31. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Stimulus
Emit
Orienting Response
Cue
32. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Affiliation
Imprinting
Performance
Habit
33. To remove from the environment.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Reinforcer
Negative
34. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Accidental Reinforcement
Response
Learning
Recall
35. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Delta
Learning Plateau
Stimulus
Reflex
36. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Extinction Burst
Secondary
Positive Reinforcement
37. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Primary Reinforcement
Conditioned Reinforcer
Discriminative Stimulus
Positive Transfer
38. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Deprivation
Refusal
Reward
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
39. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Successive Approximation
Negative Reinforcer
Respondent Behavior
40. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Attitude Shaping
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
41. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Differential Reinforcement
Discrimination
Chaining
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
42. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Instinct
Behavioral Drift
Positive
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
43. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Attitude Shaping
Response
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
44. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Reward
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Strain
Discriminative Stimulus
45. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Method of Approximation
Positive Punishment
Learning Plateau
46. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Positive Reinforcement
Baseline
Prompt
Instinct
47. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Performance
Method of Approximation
Strain
Generalization
48. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Emit
Primary Reinforcement
Recall
Regression
49. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Avoidance Conditioning
Method of Approximation
Cue
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
50. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Deprivation
Recall
Shaping
Classical or Respondant Conditioning