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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.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Extinction
Tactile Reinforcement
Latency
2. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Performance
Method of Approximation
Differential Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
3. Measures of observed behavior.
Performance
Target (noun)
Chaining
Positive Punishment
4. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Time-Out
Reinforcement Contingency
Station
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
5. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Primary Reinforcement
Satiation
Reflex
Regression
6. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Target (noun)
Adverse
Chaining
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
7. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Incompatible Behavior
Differential Reinforcement
Performance
Response
8. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Superstitious Behavior
Learning Plateau
Stimulus Control
Bridge
9. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Method of Approximation
Chaining
Prompt
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
10. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Extinction Burst
Method of Approximation
Station
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
11. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Proactive Inhibition
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Method of Approximation
12. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Accidental Reinforcement
Learning
Continuous Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
13. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Regression
Extinction
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Positive Transfer
14. To add to the environment.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Positive
Secondary Reinforcer
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
15. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Approximation
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Extinction Burst
Reinforcement
16. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Time-Out
Differential Reinforcement
Strain
Conditioned Reinforcer
17. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Satiation
Elicit
Generalization
Shaping
18. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Imprinting
Discriminative Stimulus
Conditioning
Response
19. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Successive Approximation
Method of Approximation
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Time-Out
20. Any stimulus that when removed - reduced - or prevented - increases the probability of a given response.
Positive
Time-Out
Instinct
Negative Reinforcer
21. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Shaping
Extinction Burst
Target (verb)
Bridge
22. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Positive Transfer
Affiliation
Positive Punishment
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
23. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Strain
Unconditioned Response
Behavioral Enrichment
Unconditioned Reflex
24. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Conditioned Response
Performance
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Approximation
25. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Behavioral Drift
Unconditioned Response
Extinction
Immediacy of Reinforcement
26. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Stimulus
Reward
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Incompatible Behavior
27. The point at which appetite is lost.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Positive Reinforcement
Superstitious Behavior
Satiation
28. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Bridge
Continuous Reinforcement
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Reinforcer
29. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Latency
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Motivation
30. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Imprinting
Extinction
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Secondary
31. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Stimulus Control
Habit
Generalization
Deprivation
32. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Conditioned Response
Negative Reinforcer
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Reinforcement
33. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Attitude Shaping
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Habit
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
34. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Positive
Reward
Regression
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
35. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Avoidance Conditioning
Reinforcer
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Positive Punishment
36. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Reward
Positive Transfer
Reflex
Differential Reinforcement
37. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Unconditioned Response
Discriminative Stimulus
Tactile Reinforcement
Target (verb)
38. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Repression
Shaping
Discriminative Stimulus
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
39. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Extinction Burst
Behavioral Enrichment
Strain
40. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Behavioral Enrichment
Chaining
Learning
Secondary
41. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Delta
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Extinction Burst
42. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Target (verb)
Habit
Discrimination
Bridge
43. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Behavioral Enrichment
Secondary Reinforcer
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Method of Approximation
44. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Reinforcement Contingency
Generalization
Behavioral Enrichment
Stimulus Delta
45. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Learning Plateau
Positive Transfer
Recall
Latency
46. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Positive Transfer
Proactive Inhibition
Conditioning
Extinction
47. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Refusal
Superstitious Behavior
Target (verb)
Discrimination
48. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Extinction Burst
Bridge
Chaining
Imprinting
49. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Generalization
Motivation
Conditioning
Reward
50. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Reinforcement
Positive Transfer
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Superstitious Behavior