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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Target (noun)
Terminal Response
Delta
Response
2. A change in behavior due to experience.
Instinct
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Reward
Learning
3. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Continuous Reinforcement
Response
Target (noun)
Latency
4. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Unconditioned Reflex
Primary
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
5. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Repression
Fading
Primary Reinforcement
Satiation
6. A lack of the desired response.
Discrimination
Refusal
Approximation
Reinforcement Contingency
7. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Adverse
Time-Out
Behavioral Enrichment
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
8. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Positive Transfer
Adverse
Respondent Behavior
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
9. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Primary Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
Tactile Reinforcement
Extinction
10. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Satiation
Station
Successive Approximation
Reward
11. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Reinforcement Contingency
Positive Transfer
Intermittent Reinforcement
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
12. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Reinforcement Contingency
Positive Reinforcement
Habit
Reflex
13. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Attitude Shaping
Stimulus
Generalization
Deprivation
14. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Latency
Motivation
Regression
Discrimination
15. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Primary
Approximation
Delta
16. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Terminal Response
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Method of Approximation
Latency
17. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Bridge
Learning Plateau
Strain
Learning Plateau
18. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Proactive Inhibition
Adverse
Operant or Operant Behavior
Conditioned Reinforcer
19. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Emit
Behavioral Drift
Extinction
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
20. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Habit
Reinforcement
Refusal
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
21. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Primary
Prompt
Operant or Operant Behavior
Time-Out
22. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Station
Tactile Reinforcement
Successive Approximation
Instinct
23. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Proactive Inhibition
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Secondary Reinforcer
Stimulus Control
24. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Target (noun)
Positive
Emit
25. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Elicit
Reflex
Target (noun)
Approximation
26. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Negative Reinforcer
Recall
Accidental Reinforcement
27. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Stimulus Delta
Time-Out
Accidental Reinforcement
Delta
28. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Shaping
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Emit
29. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Negative
Extinction
Conditioning
Learning Plateau
30. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Reinforcement Contingency
Tactile Reinforcement
Regression
31. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Elicit
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Extinction Burst
Strain
32. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Behavioral Drift
Latency
Satiation
33. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Primary Reinforcement
Tactile Reinforcement
Secondary Reinforcer
34. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Terminal Response
Baseline
Satiation
Elicit
35. Measures of observed behavior.
Performance
Superstitious Behavior
Reward
Accidental Reinforcement
36. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Deprivation
Unconditioned Response
Adverse
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
37. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Instinct
Successive Approximation
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Motivation
38. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Positive Reinforcement
Method of Approximation
Shaping
Chaining
39. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Extinction Burst
Affiliation
Chaining
Operant or Operant Behavior
40. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Intermittent Reinforcement
Reflex
Positive Reinforcement
Reinforcement Contingency
41. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Approximation
Operant or Operant Behavior
Generalization
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
42. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Response
Strain
Orienting Response
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
43. To connect or associate oneself with.
Learning Plateau
Affiliation
Incompatible Behavior
Imprinting
44. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Learning Plateau
Motivation
Emit
Selective Reinforcement
45. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Stimulus Delta
Target (verb)
Incompatible Behavior
Tactile Reinforcement
46. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Instinct
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Strain
Method of Approximation
47. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Tactile Reinforcement
Behavioral Enrichment
Reinforcement
Adverse
48. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Stimulus Delta
Operant or Operant Behavior
Orienting Response
Shaping
49. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Attitude Shaping
Extinction
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Stimulus Delta
50. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Conditioning
Recall
Discriminative Stimulus
Deprivation