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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. To remove from the environment.






4. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






6. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






8. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






13. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






25. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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