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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






12. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






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






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






15. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






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






19. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






22. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






28. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






36. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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