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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






22. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.






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






24. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






25. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






28. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






32. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






34. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






36. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






47. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.






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






49. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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