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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






16. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






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






18. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.






19. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






21. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






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






27. To add to the environment.






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






29. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






34. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






38. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






42. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






44. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.






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






46. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






48. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.






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






50. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.