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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.






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






3. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






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






9. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






12. The act of reinforcing by touch.






13. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






23. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






33. To automatically bring about a response.






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






35. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






44. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






47. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.






48. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






50. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.