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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.






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






10. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






13. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






16. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






21. A lack of the desired response.






22. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






26. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






27. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. To add to the environment.






36. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.