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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Emit
Conditioned Reinforcer
Latency
Differential Reinforcement
2. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Cue
Orienting Response
Emit
Conditioned Response
3. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Terminal Response
4. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Stimulus Delta
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Habit
5. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Prompt
Adverse
Reinforcer
Conditioned Response
6. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Target (noun)
Stimulus Delta
Stimulus
Secondary
7. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Elicit
Attitude Shaping
Bridge
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
8. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Negative
Conditioning
Stimulus Delta
Successive Approximation
9. Measures of observed behavior.
Performance
Habit
Repression
Successive Approximation
10. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Superstitious Behavior
Station
Deprivation
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
11. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Selective Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
Avoidance Conditioning
12. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Negative Reinforcer
Generalization
Conditioned Reinforcer
13. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Learning
Generalization
Refusal
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
14. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Elicit
Emit
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Affiliation
15. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Reflex
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
16. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Instinct
Operant or Operant Behavior
Bridge
Intermittent Reinforcement
17. Measures of observed behavior.
Latency
Continuous Reinforcement
Performance
Repression
18. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Attitude Shaping
Tactile Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
19. To remove from the environment.
Discrimination
Negative
Stimulus
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
20. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Method of Approximation
Delta
Behavioral Enrichment
21. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Adverse
Intermittent Reinforcement
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
22. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Discriminative Stimulus
Positive Reinforcement
Fading
Incompatible Behavior
23. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Respondent Behavior
Immediacy of Reinforcement
24. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Baseline
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Discrimination
Superstitious Behavior
25. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Secondary Reinforcer
Performance
Successive Approximation
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
26. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Superstitious Behavior
Strain
Time-Out
Positive Transfer
27. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Regression
Positive Reinforcement
28. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Continuous Reinforcement
Approximation
Discrimination
Adverse
29. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Learning Plateau
Deprivation
Target (noun)
Tactile Reinforcement
30. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Stimulus Control
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Secondary Reinforcer
Baseline
31. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Discriminative Stimulus
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Continuous Reinforcement
Performance
32. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Negative Reinforcer
Regression
Reward
Behavioral Drift
33. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Regression
Approximation
34. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Target (noun)
Instinct
Negative
Tactile Reinforcement
35. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Stimulus Delta
Unconditioned Response
Tactile Reinforcement
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
36. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Instinct
Repression
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Target (verb)
37. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Primary Reinforcement
Bridge
Conditioned Response
Reinforcement
38. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Deprivation
Primary
Reinforcement
Superstitious Behavior
39. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Stimulus Delta
Baseline
Continuous Reinforcement
Learning
40. The point at which appetite is lost.
Bridge
Satiation
Attitude Shaping
Reinforcement Contingency
41. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Latency
Extinction Burst
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Negative
42. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Proactive Inhibition
Primary
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Extinction
43. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Stimulus
Discrimination
Extinction
Bridge
44. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Generalization
Positive
Extinction Burst
Avoidance Conditioning
45. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Negative Reinforcer
Satiation
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Discrimination
46. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Orienting Response
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Positive Punishment
Proactive Inhibition
47. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Stimulus Control
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Reflex
Method of Approximation
48. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Shaping
Conditioned Response
Conditioned Reinforcer
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
49. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Tactile Reinforcement
Conditioned Response
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Operant or Operant Behavior
50. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Attitude Shaping
Positive Reinforcement
Strain
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)