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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






12. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






17. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






21. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






23. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.






24. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






29. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






30. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






42. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






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






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






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






48. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.






49. The point at which appetite is lost.






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