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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






11. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.






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






13. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.






14. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.






15. A lack of the desired response.






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






17. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






19. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






22. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






24. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






28. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.






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






30. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






31. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






36. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






41. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.






49. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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