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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. To connect or associate oneself with.






12. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






16. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






21. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






23. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






24. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






34. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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