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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






6. A lack of the desired response.






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






8. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






12. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






13. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The point at which appetite is lost.






27. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






30. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






35. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






39. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.






40. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






42. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.






43. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.






44. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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