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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






3. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






8. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






9. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.






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






11. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.






12. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






22. The act of reinforcing by touch.






23. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






24. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






28. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






33. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.






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






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






36. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






41. A single step in the reinforcement process of shaping.






42. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






45. The act of reinforcing by touch.






46. To remove from the environment.






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






48. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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