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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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1. To connect or associate oneself with.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






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






19. A return to an earlier stage of learning.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Measures of observed behavior.






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






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






28. An antecedent event that helps initiate a response.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. To remove from the environment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.






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






45. A recurrent pattern of behavior acquired through experience.






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






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






48. A lack of the desired response.






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






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