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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






5. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






6. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






11. To add to the environment.






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






13. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






19. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.






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






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






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






23. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.






24. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






26. The act of reinforcing by touch.






27. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






29. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






32. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






33. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






36. The act of reinforcing by touch.






37. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






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






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