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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






5. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






8. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.






9. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






21. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. A lack of the desired response.






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






42. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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