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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






15. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






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






21. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






26. Measures of observed behavior.






27. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






29. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






31. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






34. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. To automatically bring about a response.






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






45. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






46. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






50. The act of reinforcing by touch.