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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Avoidance Conditioning
Extinction Burst
Respondent Behavior
Immediacy of Reinforcement
2. Measures of observed behavior.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Differential Reinforcement
Learning Plateau
Performance
3. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Proactive Inhibition
Chaining
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Unconditioned Reflex
4. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Avoidance Conditioning
Secondary Reinforcer
Target (noun)
5. A payment for a correct response to a stimulus.
Chaining
Negative
Prompt
Reward
6. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Reflex
Stimulus Delta
Performance
Behavioral Enrichment
7. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Approximation
Conditioning
Refusal
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
8. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Conditioned Response
Learning
Intermittent Reinforcement
Reward
9. To automatically bring about a response.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Elicit
Positive Transfer
10. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Positive Punishment
Accidental Reinforcement
Regression
Delta
11. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Elicit
Intermittent Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
Avoidance Conditioning
12. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Station
Intermittent Reinforcement
Attitude Shaping
Immediacy of Reinforcement
13. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Selective Reinforcement
Extinction Burst
Positive Punishment
Reflex
14. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Regression
Superstitious Behavior
Approximation
Habit
15. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Unconditioned Reflex
Negative
Bridge
16. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Discrimination
Instinct
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
17. To connect or associate oneself with.
Imprinting
Affiliation
Unconditioned Response
Primary Reinforcement
18. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Reinforcer
Habit
Stimulus Control
Stimulus
19. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Primary Reinforcement
Differential Reinforcement
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Stimulus
20. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Conditioned Response
Emit
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
21. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Extinction
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Positive Reinforcement
Intermittent Reinforcement
22. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Reflex
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
23. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.
Positive Reinforcement
Response
Learning
Station
24. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.
Generalization
Strain
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
25. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Regression
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Recall
26. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Incompatible Behavior
Positive Reinforcement
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Performance
27. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Continuous Reinforcement
Emit
Reinforcer
28. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Recall
Delta
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Performance
29. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Learning Plateau
30. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Negative Reinforcer
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Stimulus
Shaping
31. To do an operant behavior in response to a conditioned stimulus.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Positive
Emit
32. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Unconditioned Response
Secondary Reinforcer
Baseline
Negative Reinforcer
33. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Chaining
Continuous Reinforcement
Response
Operant or Operant Behavior
34. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Baseline
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Emit
Reinforcement
35. A situation in which an organism is forced to choose on of two undesirable options.
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Reflex
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Successive Approximation
36. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Instrumental Conditioning)
Method of Approximation
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Stimulus Control
37. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Generalization
Superstitious Behavior
Immediacy of Reinforcement
38. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Performance
Tactile Reinforcement
Prompt
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
39. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Reinforcement Contingency
Reward
Reflex
Successive Approximation
40. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Generalization
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Successive Approximation
Intermittent Reinforcement
41. The act of reinforcing by touch.
Motivation
Tactile Reinforcement
Elicit
Approximation
42. Time between a cue being given and a response being performed.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Selective Reinforcement
Latency
Learning
43. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Orienting Response
Chaining
Successive Approximation
44. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Learning
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Discrimination
Orienting Response
45. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.
Primary Reinforcement
Motivation
Terminal Response
Extinction Burst
46. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Secondary
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Imprinting
47. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Fading
Target (verb)
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Instinct
48. A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill.
Learning Plateau
Affiliation
Baseline
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
49. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Conditioned Response
Station
Stimulus Control
Recall
50. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Performance
Affiliation
Conditioned Reinforcer
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)