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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






7. To add to the environment.






8. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






14. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






18. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






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






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






21. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






22. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






25. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






34. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The point at which appetite is lost.






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