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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. A change in behavior due to experience.






3. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.






4. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






6. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






7. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.






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






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






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






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






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






13. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.






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






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






16. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.






17. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






18. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






22. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.






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






24. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






34. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






35. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.






36. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.






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






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






39. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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