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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






6. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






11. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






21. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






22. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






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






28. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.






37. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






38. To remove from the environment.






39. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






40. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.






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






42. To remove from the environment.






43. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






46. To add to the environment.






47. The act of reinforcing by touch.






48. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.






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






50. To automatically bring about a response.