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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






12. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






23. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. To automatically bring about a response.






33. To add to the environment.






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






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






36. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






41. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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