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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Conditioned Response
Habit
Selective Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reinforcer
2. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Respondent Behavior)
Proactive Inhibition
Reflex
Motivation
Latency
3. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Secondary
Unconditioned Reflex
Superstitious Behavior
Strain
4. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Refusal
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Reinforcer
Instinct
5. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.
Chaining
Respondent Behavior
Conditioning
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
6. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Positive Punishment
Positive
Target (noun)
Delta
7. A change or stray from the norm in standard of response.
Proactive Inhibition
Shaping
Strain
Behavioral Drift
8. An inborn predisposition to behave in a specific way when appropriately stimulated.
Primary
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Extinction
Instinct
9. A procedure where the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued.
Adverse
Attitude Shaping
Extinction
Time-Out
10. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Conditioning
Stimulus Control
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Stimulus Delta
11. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Affiliation
Secondary Reinforcer
Unconditioned Response
Incompatible Behavior
12. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Unconditioned Reflex
Refusal
Differential Reinforcement
Cue
13. A stimulus that pinpoints in time the precise moment of a desired response.
Bridge
Superstitious Behavior
Positive
Performance
14. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Regression
Primary Reinforcement
Incompatible Behavior
Unconditioned Response
15. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Chaining
Affiliation
16. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Reward
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Repression
Primary
17. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Station
Positive Reinforcement
Secondary
Chaining
18. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Avoidance Conditioning
Conditioned Response
Conditioned Reinforcer
Deprivation
19. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.
Learning Plateau
Prompt
Learning
Secondary Reinforcer
20. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Continuous Reinforcement
Terminal Response
Behavioral Enrichment
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
21. A change in behavior due to experience.
Deprivation
Conditioned Reinforcer
Orienting Response
Learning
22. Describes the decreased frequency of a performance that occurs when the performance is not reinforced frequently enough.
Strain
Positive
Reflex
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
23. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Negative Reinforcer
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Conditioned Response
24. Represents the particular occasion on which a performance will not be reinforced. (same as Delta)
Target (noun)
Stimulus Delta
Differential Reinforcement
Time-Out
25. A stimulus which has been conditioned through generalization as a predecessor to an aversive stimulus.
Secondary
Unconditioned Response
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
26. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Operant Conditioning (Instrumental Conditioning)
Reinforcement
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Negative Reinforcer
27. To add to the environment.
Method of Approximation
Positive
Generalization
Delta
28. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Positive Transfer
Tactile Reinforcement
Intermittent Reinforcement
Elicit
29. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.
Elicit
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Attitude Shaping
30. A signal which will trigger a specific behavior or reflex as a result of a learned association.
Reinforcement
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Cue
Delta
31. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Respondent Behavior
Avoidance Conditioning
Continuous Reinforcement
32. When a behavior is reliably performed in the presence of one stimulus - but not another.
Approximation
Stimulus Control
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Recall
33. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Secondary
Conditioned Reinforcer
Stimulus Control
Target (noun)
34. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.
Respondent Behavior
Emit
Adverse
Operant or Operant Behavior
35. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Repression
Attitude Shaping
Reinforcement Contingency
Motivation
36. Any environmental condition which activated the animal's sensory perception.
Chaining
Operant or Operant Behavior
Stimulus
Successive Approximation
37. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Recall
Attitude Shaping
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Discriminative Stimulus
38. To add to the environment.
Approximation
Positive
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reinforcer
39. The event which increases the frequency of the behavior it follows.
Operant or Operant Behavior
Reinforcement
Motivation
Method of Approximation
40. A situation in which an organism wants something but is afraid of obtaining it.
Reflex
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Bridge
Behavioral Enrichment
41. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Latency
Baseline
Target (noun)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
42. A change in behavior due to experience.
Positive Transfer
Learning
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Target (noun)
43. Tending to discourage - retard - or make more difficult.
Refusal
Adverse
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Discrimination
44. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Positive
Learning
Avoidance Conditioning
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
45. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Latency
Shaping
Stimulus
Station
46. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.
Accidental Reinforcement
Incompatible Behavior
Operant or Operant Behavior
Reinforcement Contingency
47. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Response)
Unconditioned Response
Unconditioned Reflex
Avoidance Conditioning
Latency
48. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Positive
Motivation
Generalization
Immediacy of Reinforcement
49. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.
Reward
Conditioned Response
Baseline
Successive Approximation
50. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Motivation
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Time-Out
Reinforcement Contingency