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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.






2. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






9. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






14. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






26. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






38. To automatically bring about a response.






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






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






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






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






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






44. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.






45. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






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






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






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