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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. To add to the environment.






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






3. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






17. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.






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






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






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






21. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.






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






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






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






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






26. Delivery of a reinforcer after a response that is incompatible or competes with a target response that is to be suppressed.






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






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






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






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






31. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.






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






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






34. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.






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






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






37. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






42. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






45. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.






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






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






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






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






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