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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Imprinting
Orienting Response
Secondary
Adverse
2. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Fading
Prompt
Proactive Inhibition
Discrimination
3. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Baseline
Secondary Reinforcer
Attitude Shaping
Station
4. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Positive Reinforcement
Successive Approximation
Shaping
5. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Strain
Instinct
Positive
Successive Approximation
6. To remove from the environment.
Negative
Prompt
Stimulus Delta
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
7. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Unconditioned Response
Attitude Shaping
Positive Transfer
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
8. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Instinct
Learning Plateau
Approximation
Primary
9. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Reflex
Latency
Method of Approximation
10. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
11. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Performance
Chaining
Extinction Burst
Negative Reinforcer
12. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Repression
Avoidance Conditioning
Response
Continuous Reinforcement
13. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Reward
Terminal Response
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Unconditioned Response
14. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Habit
Incompatible Behavior
Attitude Shaping
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
15. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
16. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Response
Refusal
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Time-Out
17. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Refusal
Repression
Habit
Successive Approximation
18. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Discriminative Stimulus
Imprinting
Fading
Cue
19. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Time-Out
Fading
Intermittent Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
20. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Positive Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Extinction Burst
Conditioned Response
21. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Elicit
Method of Approximation
Secondary Reinforcer
Behavioral Enrichment
22. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Time-Out
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Positive
Cue
23. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Negative Reinforcer
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Reinforcement
Discriminative Stimulus
24. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Baseline
Imprinting
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Immediacy of Reinforcement
25. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Elicit
Response
Terminal Response
26. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Recall
Fading
27. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Reward
Secondary Reinforcer
Delta
28. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Latency
Refusal
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Response
29. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Secondary
Extinction Burst
Repression
Successive Approximation
30. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Superstitious Behavior
Operant or Operant Behavior
Differential Reinforcement
31. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Orienting Response
Latency
Stimulus Control
Unconditioned Reflex
32. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Superstitious Behavior
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Superstitious Behavior
33. To remove from the environment.
Target (verb)
Negative
Accidental Reinforcement
Secondary
34. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Proactive Inhibition
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Operant or Operant Behavior
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
35. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Secondary
Baseline
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Positive Reinforcement
36. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Chaining
Terminal Response
Discrimination
Secondary Reinforcer
37. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Negative Reinforcer
Elicit
Positive Punishment
Proactive Inhibition
38. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Respondent Behavior
Conditioning
Performance
Target (noun)
39. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Primary Reinforcement
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Shaping
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
40. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Generalization
Unconditioned Response
Operant or Operant Behavior
Unconditioned Reflex
41. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Reflex
Accidental Reinforcement
Approximation
Time-Out
42. To automatically bring about a response.
Conditioning
Elicit
Respondent Behavior
Extinction
43. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Secondary
Strain
44. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Emit
Negative
Selective Reinforcement
Respondent Behavior
45. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Secondary Reinforcer
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
Successive Approximation
46. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Reinforcement Contingency
Target (noun)
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
47. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Station
Reinforcement
Response
Unconditioned Reinforcer
48. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Regression
Learning
Behavioral Drift
Reflex
49. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Orienting Response
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
50. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Unconditioned Response
Behavioral Enrichment
Extinction Burst
Selective Reinforcement