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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






16. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






18. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






21. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






22. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






23. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






26. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






29. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






30. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






31. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






37. To remove from the environment.






38. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






39. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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