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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






6. To remove from the environment.






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






8. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






17. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






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






23. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.






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






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






26. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.






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






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






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






30. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






33. To remove from the environment.






34. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






35. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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