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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






4. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.






5. To remove from the environment.






6. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.






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






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






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






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






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






12. The point at which appetite is lost.






13. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.






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






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






16. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.






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






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






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






20. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






23. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






26. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






27. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






28. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






29. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






30. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






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






32. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






33. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






38. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.






39. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






44. A lack of the desired response.






45. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






46. To automatically bring about a response.






47. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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