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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






4. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






8. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






10. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






15. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






40. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






41. A change in behavior due to experience.






42. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






43. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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