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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






15. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.






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






17. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






20. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






24. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.






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






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






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






28. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.






29. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






33. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






36. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






47. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






49. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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