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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Primary Reinforcement
Approximation
Repression
Target (verb)
2. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Response
Stimulus Delta
Conditioned Response
Unconditioned Reflex
3. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.
Adverse
Attitude Shaping
Habit
Avoidance Conditioning
4. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Positive
Conditioned Reinforcer
Learning Plateau
Cue
5. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Latency
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Operant or Operant Behavior
Stimulus
6. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Target (verb)
Discriminative Stimulus
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
7. To remove from the environment.
Approximation
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Negative
8. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Proactive Inhibition
Extinction
Deprivation
Conditioning
9. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Strain
Adverse
Unconditioned Reflex
10. A change in the organism's behavior as a result of the influence of the environment.
Positive Transfer
Conditioning
Unconditioned Reflex
Prompt
11. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Station
Reflex
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Performance
12. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Incompatible Behavior
Habit
Primary Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
13. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Extinction Burst
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Shaping
14. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Shaping
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Secondary Reinforcer
Learning Plateau
15. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Stimulus Delta
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Primary Reinforcement
Repression
16. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Motivation
Unconditioned Response
Selective Reinforcement
Emit
17. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Behavioral Enrichment
Negative
Selective Reinforcement
Orienting Response
18. Any stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with a primary reinforcement.
Negative Reinforcer
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Secondary Reinforcer
Latency
19. When a stimulus acquires control of a response due to reinforcement in the presence of a similar - but different stimulus.
Unconditioned Response
Refusal
Primary Reinforcement
Generalization
20. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Accidental Reinforcement
Attitude Shaping
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
21. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Instinct
Time-Out
Positive Punishment
Motivation
22. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.
Fading
Reflex
Adverse
Tactile Reinforcement
23. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Shaping
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Instinct
24. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Stimulus Control
Affiliation
25. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Repression
Deprivation
Secondary
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
26. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Delta
Motivation
Elicit
Reward
27. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Stimulus
Deprivation
Target (noun)
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
28. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Delta
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Instinct
Response
29. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Secondary
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Selective Reinforcement
Performance
30. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Emit
Station
31. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Chaining
Positive Punishment
Motivation
Positive
32. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Avoidance Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Secondary
33. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Conditioned Response
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Refusal
Unconditioned Reinforcer
34. To connect or associate oneself with.
Elicit
Affiliation
Emit
Negative
35. Reinforcement provided by a stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Extinction
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Primary Reinforcement
Baseline
36. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Incompatible Behavior
Reinforcement
Positive
Unconditioned Reinforcer
37. Measures of observed behavior.
Refusal
Performance
Extinction
Differential Reinforcement
38. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Reflex
Stimulus
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Discrimination
39. To add to the environment.
Refusal
Positive
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Attitude Shaping
40. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.
Stimulus Delta
Positive Reinforcement
Approximation
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
41. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.
Conditioned Response
Habit
Shaping
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
42. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Regression
Refusal
Approximation
Successive Approximation
43. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Differential Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcer
Station
Instinct
44. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Incompatible Behavior
Recall
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
45. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Method of Approximation
Strain
Conditioned Reinforcer
46. To automatically bring about a response.
Secondary
Bridge
Target (verb)
Elicit
47. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Unconditioned Response
Discriminative Stimulus
Primary
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
48. Using a sound or cue to bring the animal back to station.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Recall
Differential Reinforcement
Deprivation
49. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Generalization
Continuous Reinforcement
Time-Out
50. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Approximation
Reinforcement Contingency
Secondary