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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Imprinting
Prompt
Reward
Successive Approximation
2. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Recall
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Negative
Respondent Behavior
3. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Differential Reinforcement
Accidental Reinforcement
Learning Plateau
Secondary
4. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioned Reinforcer
Delta
Positive Transfer
5. To connect or associate oneself with.
Affiliation
Habit
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Stimulus Control
6. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Orienting Response
Repression
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Method of Approximation
7. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Learning
Affiliation
Primary
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
8. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Intermittent Reinforcement
Adverse
Reinforcement
Terminal Response
9. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Negative
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Behavioral Drift
Intermittent Reinforcement
10. A lack of the desired response.
Refusal
Successive Approximation
Conditioning
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
11. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Response
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Elicit
Selective Reinforcement
12. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Reinforcement
Fading
Negative
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
13. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Baseline
Differential Reinforcement
Stimulus
Extinction Burst
14. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Chaining
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Imprinting
Stimulus Delta
15. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Conditioning
Motivation
Discriminative Stimulus
16. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Superstitious Behavior
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Target (verb)
Stimulus Delta
17. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Behavioral Enrichment
Accidental Reinforcement
Motivation
Behavioral Drift
18. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Bridge
Continuous Reinforcement
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
19. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Respondent Behavior
Performance
Operant or Operant Behavior
Negative
20. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Extinction
Positive Transfer
Differential Reinforcement
Cue
21. To add to the environment.
Stimulus Control
Extinction Burst
Positive
Deprivation
22. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Positive Punishment
Unconditioned Reflex
Conditioned Reinforcer
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
23. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Respondent Behavior
Tactile Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Adverse
24. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Response
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Latency
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
25. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Shaping
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Conditioning
26. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Selective Reinforcement
Continuous Reinforcement
Superstitious Behavior
Positive
27. To remove from the environment.
Negative
Conditioned Reinforcer
Shaping
Positive Transfer
28. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Orienting Response
Elicit
Emit
Behavioral Enrichment
29. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Avoidance Conditioning
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Extinction
30. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Latency
Recall
Continuous Reinforcement
Selective Reinforcement
31. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Refusal
Conditioned Response
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Learning Plateau
32. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Motivation
Incompatible Behavior
Stimulus Control
Attitude Shaping
33. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Incompatible Behavior
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Reinforcement
Time-Out
34. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Attitude Shaping
Secondary Reinforcer
Bridge
Emit
35. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Repression
Adverse
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Secondary Reinforcer
36. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Incompatible Behavior
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Secondary Reinforcer
37. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Incompatible Behavior
Chaining
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Reward
38. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Performance
Unconditioned Response
Reinforcer
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
39. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Continuous Reinforcement
Delta
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Unconditioned Reinforcer
40. Measures of observed behavior.
Performance
Extinction
Reinforcement Contingency
Positive Reinforcement
41. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Reward
Proactive Inhibition
Accidental Reinforcement
42. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Positive Reinforcement
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Negative
Habit
43. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Deprivation
Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
44. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Bridge
Stimulus Delta
Conditioned Response
45. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Behavioral Drift
Baseline
Primary
Habit
46. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Learning Plateau
Respondent Behavior
Discriminative Stimulus
Accidental Reinforcement
47. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Positive Transfer
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Stimulus
48. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Emit
Satiation
49. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Tactile Reinforcement
Incompatible Behavior
50. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Behavioral Drift
Stimulus
Successive Approximation
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict