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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






4. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






6. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






10. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)






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






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






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






14. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






20. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.






21. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






22. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






27. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






31. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.






32. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.






33. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.






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






35. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






38. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






39. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






44. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.






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






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






47. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






48. Measures of observed behavior.






49. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)






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