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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






4. To remove from the environment.






5. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.






6. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






17. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






19. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






21. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






23. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






27. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






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






33. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






37. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






42. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.