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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A lack of the desired response.






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






3. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.






4. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






8. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






18. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The act of reinforcing by touch.






36. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






39. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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