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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






4. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






6. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






9. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.






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






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






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






20. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






26. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






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






31. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A lack of the desired response.






39. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






41. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






45. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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