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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






3. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






7. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.






8. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






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






10. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.






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






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






13. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.






14. To remove from the environment.






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






16. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.






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






18. A lack of the desired response.






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






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






21. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.






22. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.






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






24. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






27. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.






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






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






30. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






31. To add to the environment.






32. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






35. The process of conditioning an animal's frame of mind in eliciting behavioral responses.






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






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






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






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






40. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.