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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Imprinting
Deprivation
Conditioned Reinforcer
Primary
2. The point at which appetite is lost.
Delta
Satiation
Regression
Orienting Response
3. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Regression
Conditioned Reinforcer
Baseline
Reinforcement Contingency
4. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Response
Generalization
Negative Reinforcer
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
5. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Stimulus Control
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Shaping
Refusal
6. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Unconditioned Response
Strain
Method of Approximation
Primary Reinforcement
7. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Instinct
Extinction Burst
Response
Intermittent Reinforcement
8. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Negative
Motivation
Recall
9. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Station
Differential Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Negative
10. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Behavioral Drift
Repression
Response
11. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Positive Transfer
Conditioning
Behavioral Enrichment
Primary Reinforcement
12. A change in behavior due to experience.
Target (noun)
Imprinting
Superstitious Behavior
Learning
13. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Station
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Repression
Bridge
14. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Generalization
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Attitude Shaping
Reward
15. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Refusal
Strain
Conditioned Reinforcer
Secondary
16. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Secondary
Habit
Learning
Deprivation
17. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Strain
Instinct
Motivation
18. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Tactile Reinforcement
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Secondary Reinforcer
Primary Reinforcement
19. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Prompt
Strain
Negative Reinforcer
Tactile Reinforcement
20. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Imprinting
Repression
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Fading
21. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Performance
Orienting Response
Chaining
22. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Repression
Cue
Stimulus
Stimulus Control
23. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Secondary Reinforcer
Operant or Operant Behavior
24. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Extinction
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Target (verb)
25. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Bridge
Secondary
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Time-Out
26. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Selective Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
Extinction
Target (noun)
27. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Orienting Response
Respondent Behavior
Unconditioned Response
Approximation
28. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Conditioned Response
Negative Reinforcer
Reinforcement
Conditioned Response
29. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Bridge
Discrimination
Attitude Shaping
Instinct
30. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Stimulus Delta
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Terminal Response
Approximation
31. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Method of Approximation
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Baseline
Differential Reinforcement
32. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Behavioral Enrichment
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Strain
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
33. Measures of observed behavior.
Instinct
Latency
Recall
Performance
34. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Regression
Positive Transfer
Unconditioned Response
35. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Avoidance Conditioning
Satiation
Instinct
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
36. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Fading
Stimulus Delta
Reinforcement Contingency
Reward
37. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Repression
Generalization
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Satiation
38. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Incompatible Behavior
Orienting Response
Discriminative Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
39. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Negative Reinforcer
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioned Response
Extinction
40. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Terminal Response
Avoidance Conditioning
Positive Reinforcement
Operant or Operant Behavior
41. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Reinforcement
Cue
Regression
Terminal Response
42. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Affiliation
Learning Plateau
Time-Out
Differential Reinforcement
43. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Superstitious Behavior
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Deprivation
Adverse
44. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Secondary Reinforcer
Orienting Response
Reward
Selective Reinforcement
45. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Behavioral Enrichment
Unconditioned Reflex
Attitude Shaping
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
46. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Station
Successive Approximation
Positive Reinforcement
47. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Discriminative Stimulus
Positive Reinforcement
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Attitude Shaping
48. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Deprivation
Respondent Behavior
Imprinting
Stimulus Delta
49. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Prompt
Differential Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
Adverse
50. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Respondent Behavior
Proactive Inhibition
Positive Punishment
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