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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






4. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.






5. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






10. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






13. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.






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






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






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






17. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






19. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






21. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






25. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






26. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






27. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






31. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Measures of observed behavior.






41. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






42. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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