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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. A change in behavior due to experience.






8. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.






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






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






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






12. A lack of the desired response.






13. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.






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






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






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






17. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.






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






25. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






27. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.






28. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






33. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






44. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.






45. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






48. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.






49. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.






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







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