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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 Response)






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






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






4. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






7. The act of reinforcing by touch.






8. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






10. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






15. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






20. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.






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






22. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






25. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.






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






27. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






31. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






32. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






35. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.






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






46. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)






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






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






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






50. A lack of the desired response.