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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.






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






3. A lack of the desired response.






4. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The act of reinforcing by touch.






14. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






18. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






19. To automatically bring about a response.






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






21. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.






22. A behavior that is impossible to occur with another at the same time.






23. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






24. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






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






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






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






28. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)






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






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






31. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.






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






33. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.






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






35. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






36. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






44. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






45. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






48. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.






49. Measures of observed behavior.






50. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.