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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.






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






12. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.






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






14. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






17. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.






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






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






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






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






22. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






32. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






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






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






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






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






37. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






42. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






43. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






46. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.






47. To connect or associate oneself with.






48. To connect or associate oneself with.






49. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.






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