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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Instinct
Time-Out
Negative Reinforcer
2. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Behavioral Drift
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Bridge
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
3. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Baseline
Reinforcement Contingency
Emit
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
4. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Successive Approximation
Proactive Inhibition
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Conditioned Response
5. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Cue
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Refusal
Orienting Response
6. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Attitude Shaping
Delta
Station
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
7. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Secondary Reinforcer
Repression
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Generalization
8. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Regression
Reinforcement
Approximation
9. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Learning Plateau
Delta
Imprinting
Conditioning
10. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Target (verb)
Adverse
Tactile Reinforcement
Satiation
11. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Cue
Proactive Inhibition
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
12. To automatically bring about a response.
Differential Reinforcement
Reinforcer
Elicit
Cue
13. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Negative
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Operant or Operant Behavior
Successive Approximation
14. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Conditioned Response
Recall
Reinforcement Contingency
15. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Behavioral Enrichment
Operant or Operant Behavior
Delta
Behavioral Drift
16. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Stimulus Control
Prompt
Motivation
Generalization
17. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Conditioning
Terminal Response
Station
Negative Reinforcer
18. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Unconditioned Response
Latency
Generalization
Discriminative Stimulus
19. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Satiation
Performance
Differential Reinforcement
Positive Transfer
20. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Reinforcement
Instinct
Refusal
Positive Reinforcement
21. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Latency
Respondent Behavior
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Behavioral Enrichment
22. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Unconditioned Response
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Terminal Response
23. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Reinforcement
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Discrimination
Affiliation
24. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Unconditioned Response
Reinforcement
Extinction
Avoidance Conditioning
25. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Discriminative Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Approximation
26. A lack of the desired response.
Adverse
Refusal
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
27. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Target (verb)
Prompt
Instinct
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
28. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Time-Out
Selective Reinforcement
Adverse
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
29. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Stimulus
Station
Stimulus Delta
Habit
30. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Strain
Primary Reinforcement
31. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Target (noun)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Method of Approximation
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
32. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Respondent Behavior
Affiliation
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Emit
33. The point at which appetite is lost.
Tactile Reinforcement
Cue
Satiation
Conditioned Reinforcer
34. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Accidental Reinforcement
Selective Reinforcement
Successive Approximation
35. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Reinforcement
Respondent Behavior
Satiation
Selective Reinforcement
36. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Adverse
Bridge
Stimulus Control
Affiliation
37. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Generalization
Discrimination
Deprivation
Secondary
38. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Tactile Reinforcement
Attitude Shaping
Adverse
Negative
39. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Approximation
Performance
Positive Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
40. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Repression
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Recall
Baseline
41. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Affiliation
Behavioral Enrichment
Incompatible Behavior
Deprivation
42. To connect or associate oneself with.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Prompt
Adverse
Affiliation
43. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Response
Motivation
Baseline
Unconditioned Response
44. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Conditioning
Primary Reinforcement
Elicit
45. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Reflex
Performance
Target (verb)
Positive Transfer
46. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Primary
Adverse
Discriminative Stimulus
47. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Positive Transfer
Stimulus Delta
Shaping
48. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Unconditioned Response
Fading
Reinforcement Contingency
Stimulus Delta
49. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Avoidance Conditioning
Behavioral Drift
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Latency
50. A change in behavior due to experience.
Reflex
Recall
Learning
Attitude Shaping
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