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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Target (noun)
2. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Tactile Reinforcement
Motivation
Response
Attitude Shaping
3. Measures of observed behavior.
Reward
Performance
Habit
Prompt
4. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Station
Positive Transfer
Operant or Operant Behavior
Conditioned Response
5. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Unconditioned Response
Stimulus Delta
Unconditioned Reflex
Secondary
6. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Tactile Reinforcement
Stimulus Control
Primary
7. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Reinforcement
Habit
Baseline
Reflex
8. To connect or associate oneself with.
Stimulus Delta
Adverse
Proactive Inhibition
Affiliation
9. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Extinction
Chaining
Conditioned Reinforcer
Station
10. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Fading
Chaining
Reflex
Secondary
11. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Regression
Stimulus
Continuous Reinforcement
Extinction
12. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Affiliation
Terminal Response
Incompatible Behavior
Selective Reinforcement
13. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Regression
Instinct
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Reflex
14. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Affiliation
Target (noun)
Generalization
Habit
15. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Positive Transfer
Reinforcer
Stimulus
Unconditioned Reinforcer
16. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Adverse
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Avoidance Conditioning
17. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Response
Behavioral Enrichment
Reinforcer
Conditioned Reinforcer
18. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Behavioral Enrichment
Behavioral Drift
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Adverse
19. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Tactile Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Orienting Response
Approximation
20. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Differential Reinforcement
Method of Approximation
Time-Out
Reinforcer
21. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Refusal
Continuous Reinforcement
Extinction
Positive Punishment
22. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Habit
Strain
Satiation
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
23. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Reflex
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Chaining
Unconditioned Reinforcer
24. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Incompatible Behavior
Positive Transfer
Target (verb)
25. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Affiliation
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Conditioned Reinforcer
Reward
26. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Avoidance Conditioning
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Primary Reinforcement
Stimulus
27. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Attitude Shaping
Terminal Response
Selective Reinforcement
Conditioning
28. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.
Positive
Primary
Incompatible Behavior
Response
29. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Discrimination
Extinction Burst
Chaining
Orienting Response
30. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Primary Reinforcement
Shaping
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Strain
31. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Elicit
Target (verb)
Differential Reinforcement
Immediacy of Reinforcement
32. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Differential Reinforcement
Orienting Response
Respondent Behavior
33. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Discrimination
Primary Reinforcement
Terminal Response
Station
34. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Station
Avoidance Conditioning
Accidental Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcer
35. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Deprivation
Positive Reinforcement
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Refusal
36. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Learning Plateau
Imprinting
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Extinction
37. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Behavioral Drift
Baseline
Respondent Behavior
Continuous Reinforcement
38. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Baseline
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Repression
Superstitious Behavior
39. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Emit
Approximation
Response
Reinforcement
40. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Reflex
Successive Approximation
Secondary Reinforcer
Respondent Behavior
41. A method used to shape organisms' behavior whereby successive approximations of the desired behavior are not reinforced.
Tactile Reinforcement
Deprivation
Method of Approximation
Behavioral Drift
42. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.
Attitude Shaping
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Approximation
43. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Fading
Regression
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Primary Reinforcement
44. A change in behavior due to experience.
Learning
Learning Plateau
Primary
Affiliation
45. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Reflex
Adverse
Imprinting
Motivation
46. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Affiliation
47. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Tactile Reinforcement
Elicit
Terminal Response
Positive Reinforcement
48. To remove from the environment.
Repression
Learning Plateau
Negative
Primary Reinforcement
49. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Target (noun)
Deprivation
Negative
Regression
50. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Terminal Response
Stimulus Control