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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






4. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.






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






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






7. Measures of observed behavior.






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






9. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






13. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






14. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






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






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






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






18. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.






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






20. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






22. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.






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






24. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.






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






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






27. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.






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






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






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






31. To automatically bring about a response.






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






33. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






38. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






39. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






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






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






42. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.






43. To remove from the environment.






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






45. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






46. Measures of observed behavior.






47. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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