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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






6. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






8. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.






9. Measures of observed behavior.






10. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.






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






12. To add to the environment.






13. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.






14. To automatically bring about a response.






15. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.






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






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






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






19. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.






20. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.






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






22. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






24. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






25. To connect or associate oneself with.






26. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.






27. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






28. A change in behavior due to experience.






29. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.






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






31. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.






32. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






33. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






34. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.






35. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.






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






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






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






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






40. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






44. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.






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






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






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






48. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






49. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






50. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.