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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Accidental Reinforcement
Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
Negative
2. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Elicit
Delta
Superstitious Behavior
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
3. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Positive Punishment
Reinforcement Contingency
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Reinforcement
4. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Secondary
Extinction Burst
Extinction
Stimulus Control
5. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Primary Reinforcement
Reinforcement
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Habit
6. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Behavioral Drift
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Reinforcement Contingency
Primary
7. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Behavioral Drift
Prompt
Incompatible Behavior
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
8. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Behavioral Enrichment
Generalization
Successive Approximation
Orienting Response
9. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Reinforcement Contingency
Conditioned Reinforcer
Terminal Response
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
10. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Reflex
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Unconditioned Response
Instinct
11. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Strain
Discriminative Stimulus
Discrimination
12. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Chaining
Imprinting
Positive Reinforcement
13. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Motivation
Behavioral Enrichment
Selective Reinforcement
Imprinting
14. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Prompt
Conditioning
Accidental Reinforcement
Generalization
15. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Secondary Reinforcer
Reinforcer
Primary Reinforcement
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
16. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Method of Approximation
Regression
Latency
Bridge
17. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Avoidance Conditioning
Discrimination
Delta
Generalization
18. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Discriminative Stimulus
Orienting Response
Elicit
19. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Deprivation
Response
Habit
Conditioning
20. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Reflex
Tactile Reinforcement
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Target (noun)
21. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Motivation
Unconditioned Response
Instinct
Incompatible Behavior
22. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Baseline
Attitude Shaping
Latency
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
23. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Stimulus Delta
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Successive Approximation
Reinforcer
24. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Emit
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Adverse
Response
25. To connect or associate oneself with.
Generalization
Affiliation
Superstitious Behavior
Primary Reinforcement
26. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Positive Punishment
Shaping
Superstitious Behavior
Learning
27. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Reinforcer
Instinct
Cue
28. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Reinforcement Contingency
Conditioned Response
Conditioning
Respondent Behavior
29. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Instinct
Regression
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
30. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Imprinting
Superstitious Behavior
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Avoidance Conditioning
31. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Tactile Reinforcement
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Stimulus
32. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Learning Plateau
Primary
Conditioned Response
Motivation
33. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Response
Positive Punishment
Stimulus
Extinction Burst
34. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Stimulus Control
Delta
Approximation
Intermittent Reinforcement
35. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Learning Plateau
Shaping
Chaining
36. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Negative
Reward
Delta
Reinforcer
37. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Affiliation
Selective Reinforcement
Approximation
Continuous Reinforcement
38. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Behavioral Drift
Reinforcement
Satiation
39. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Discriminative Stimulus
Conditioning
Repression
Generalization
40. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Regression
Proactive Inhibition
Time-Out
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
41. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Proactive Inhibition
Imprinting
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Refusal
42. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Cue
Chaining
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Negative
43. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Time-Out
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Adverse
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
44. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Shaping
Positive Reinforcement
Satiation
Learning
45. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Refusal
Positive Transfer
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Primary
46. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Proactive Inhibition
Differential Reinforcement
Strain
47. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Delta
Adverse
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Cue
48. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
Station
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
49. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Repression
Deprivation
Motivation
Continuous Reinforcement
50. To automatically bring about a response.
Proactive Inhibition
Avoidance Conditioning
Elicit
Accidental Reinforcement