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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.






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






4. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






5. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.






6. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.






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






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






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






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






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






12. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






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






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






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






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






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






18. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






21. Measures of observed behavior.






22. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






23. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.






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






25. A change in behavior due to experience.






26. To remove from the environment.






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






28. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






30. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






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






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






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






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






48. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






50. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.







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