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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






7. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






10. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.






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






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






13. A change in behavior due to experience.






14. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






18. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






21. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.






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






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






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






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






26. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.






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






28. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






30. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






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






35. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






38. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.






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






40. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.






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






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






43. To remove from the environment.






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






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






46. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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