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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. A procedure to reduce the intensity of a cue.






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






3. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






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






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






24. An increase in frequency of a response which is followed by a positive reinforcer.






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






26. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






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






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






31. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






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






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






35. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.






36. To automatically bring about a response.






37. A lack of the desired response.






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






39. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






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






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






44. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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






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