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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






5. A lack of the desired response.






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






7. The final pattern of behavior that organisms are expected to demonstrate after the completion of shaping procedures.






8. An identifiable demonstration of behavior.






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






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






11. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.






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






13. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






15. To automatically bring about a response.






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






17. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.






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






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






20. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. To connect or associate oneself with.






33. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






34. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






38. A change in behavior due to experience.






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






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






41. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.






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






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






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






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






46. The act of reinforcing by touch.






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






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






49. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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