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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






2. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)






3. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






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






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






17. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






28. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.






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






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






38. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






46. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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