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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. To add to the environment.
Continuous Reinforcement
Positive
Behavioral Enrichment
Deprivation
2. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Secondary Reinforcer
Station
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Behavioral Drift
3. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Reinforcement Contingency
Conditioned Reinforcer
4. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Fading
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Reward
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
5. A lack of the desired response.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Refusal
Method of Approximation
Orienting Response
6. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Behavioral Drift
Strain
Extinction Burst
Differential Reinforcement
7. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Prompt
Reinforcement
Terminal Response
Primary Reinforcement
8. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Refusal
Response
Unconditioned Reflex
Unconditioned Reinforcer
9. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Discrimination
Response
Shaping
Cue
10. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Motivation
Shaping
Bridge
Method of Approximation
11. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Prompt
Reinforcer
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Adverse
12. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Positive Punishment
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Reward
Secondary
13. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Attitude Shaping
Negative Reinforcer
Primary
14. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Terminal Response
Prompt
Intermittent Reinforcement
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
15. To automatically bring about a response.
Differential Reinforcement
Elicit
Refusal
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
16. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Reinforcement
Operant or Operant Behavior
Bridge
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
17. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Positive Punishment
Stimulus Delta
Reinforcement
Reflex
18. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Delta
Shaping
Tactile Reinforcement
19. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Elicit
Selective Reinforcement
Negative
Reflex
20. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Satiation
Stimulus Control
Positive Transfer
Operant or Operant Behavior
21. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Positive Transfer
Discrimination
Discrimination
22. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Instinct
Delta
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Instinct
23. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Superstitious Behavior
Habit
Learning
Extinction
24. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Prompt
Conditioned Reinforcer
Shaping
Emit
25. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Conditioning
Reward
Differential Reinforcement
Chaining
26. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Emit
Time-Out
Generalization
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
27. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Adverse
Approximation
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Stimulus Control
28. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Attitude Shaping
Orienting Response
Incompatible Behavior
Conditioned Response
29. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Station
Deprivation
Stimulus Control
Orienting Response
30. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Behavioral Drift
Operant or Operant Behavior
Primary Reinforcement
31. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Method of Approximation
Performance
Learning Plateau
Approximation
32. To connect or associate oneself with.
Chaining
Attitude Shaping
Affiliation
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
33. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Primary
Learning Plateau
Shaping
Respondent Behavior
34. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Proactive Inhibition
Prompt
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Positive Punishment
35. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Stimulus
Adverse
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Positive Transfer
36. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Target (noun)
37. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Conditioned Response
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Stimulus Control
38. A change in behavior due to experience.
Latency
Learning
Performance
Station
39. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Secondary Reinforcer
Latency
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Negative
40. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Positive Transfer
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Motivation
41. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Motivation
Tactile Reinforcement
Latency
Instinct
42. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Instinct
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Motivation
Reflex
43. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Delta
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Reinforcement Contingency
Conditioned Reinforcer
44. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Recall
Negative
Approximation
45. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Stimulus
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Selective Reinforcement
Secondary Reinforcer
46. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Positive Reinforcement
Tactile Reinforcement
Superstitious Behavior
47. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Proactive Inhibition
Primary
Secondary
Selective Reinforcement
48. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Continuous Reinforcement
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Strain
Operant or Operant Behavior
49. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Emit
Regression
Behavioral Enrichment
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
50. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Repression
Reinforcer
Negative Reinforcer
Response