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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Adverse
Intermittent Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
2. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Reward
Behavioral Enrichment
Bridge
Performance
3. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Adverse
Habit
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Continuous Reinforcement
4. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Behavioral Drift
Stimulus
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Strain
5. To connect or associate oneself with.
Respondent Behavior
Instinct
Regression
Affiliation
6. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Secondary
Positive Reinforcement
Approximation
Tactile Reinforcement
7. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Unconditioned Reflex
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Discrimination
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
8. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Cue
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Behavioral Drift
Behavioral Enrichment
9. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Bridge
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Primary Reinforcement
10. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Conditioning
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Prompt
Selective Reinforcement
11. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Unconditioned Reflex
Stimulus Control
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Emit
12. A lack of the desired response.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Accidental Reinforcement
Refusal
13. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Accidental Reinforcement
Terminal Response
Motivation
Conditioning
14. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Primary
Proactive Inhibition
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
15. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Time-Out
Positive Punishment
Positive
Extinction Burst
16. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Delta
Latency
Reinforcement Contingency
Attitude Shaping
17. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Behavioral Drift
Positive
Reinforcement
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
18. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Latency
Satiation
Motivation
Conditioned Response
19. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Time-Out
Attitude Shaping
Latency
Stimulus Control
20. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Avoidance Conditioning
Secondary Reinforcer
Fading
Target (noun)
21. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Strain
Conditioned Reinforcer
Extinction
Positive Transfer
22. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Conditioned Reinforcer
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Affiliation
23. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Target (verb)
Emit
Orienting Response
Reinforcer
24. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Positive Reinforcement
Emit
Discriminative Stimulus
Stimulus
25. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Negative Reinforcer
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Emit
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
26. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Station
Fading
Target (noun)
27. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Station
Differential Reinforcement
Discrimination
Orienting Response
28. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Superstitious Behavior
Selective Reinforcement
Successive Approximation
Secondary Reinforcer
29. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Reinforcement Contingency
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Proactive Inhibition
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
30. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Reinforcement Contingency
Recall
Prompt
Deprivation
31. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Method of Approximation
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Selective Reinforcement
Target (noun)
32. Measures of observed behavior.
Secondary Reinforcer
Proactive Inhibition
Performance
Incompatible Behavior
33. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Reward
Adverse
Accidental Reinforcement
Instinct
34. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Selective Reinforcement
Performance
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
35. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Imprinting
Accidental Reinforcement
Motivation
Adverse
36. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Selective Reinforcement
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Discriminative Stimulus
37. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Imprinting
Fading
Negative Reinforcer
Behavioral Drift
38. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Regression
Adverse
Time-Out
39. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Differential Reinforcement
Imprinting
Motivation
Tactile Reinforcement
40. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Baseline
Orienting Response
Habit
Behavioral Enrichment
41. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Target (noun)
Operant or Operant Behavior
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Secondary
42. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Secondary
Reinforcer
Elicit
Reward
43. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Habit
Terminal Response
Discrimination
44. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Secondary Reinforcer
Time-Out
Regression
Conditioning
45. To connect or associate oneself with.
Positive Punishment
Affiliation
Attitude Shaping
Refusal
46. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Method of Approximation
Imprinting
Extinction Burst
Secondary Reinforcer
47. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Terminal Response
Deprivation
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Primary
48. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Incompatible Behavior
Baseline
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Primary Reinforcement
49. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Regression
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Continuous Reinforcement
Refusal
50. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Extinction
Target (noun)
Regression
Tactile Reinforcement