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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. To remove from the environment.






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






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






17. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.






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






19. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






22. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.






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






24. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.






25. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






26. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.






27. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






33. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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