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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






20. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






24. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






27. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.






28. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






31. The act of reinforcing by touch.






32. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






45. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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