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EATM Animal Training Vocab
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1. A neutral event which has become aversive by being paired with other aversive stimuli.
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Conditioned Response
Tactile Reinforcement
2. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Unconditioned Reflex
Repression
3. The cessation of stimulus or response from the trainer - for some interval of time.
Motivation
Selective Reinforcement
Target (verb)
Time-Out
4. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Superstitious Behavior
Unconditioned Response
Imprinting
Positive
5. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Intermittent Reinforcement)
Positive Reinforcement
Secondary
Differential Reinforcement
Partial Reinforcement Maintenance
6. A rapid muscular response made automatically by an organism to some appropriate stimulus. (same as Reflex)
Respondent Behavior
Adverse
Stimulus
Accidental Reinforcement
7. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Terminal Response
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Elicit
8. An increase in the frequency and intensity of responding at the beginning of extinction.
Extinction Burst
Extinction
Secondary Reinforcer
Target (verb)
9. To connect or associate oneself with.
Continuous Reinforcement
Motivation
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
Affiliation
10. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Intermittent Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Positive Punishment
11. A stimulus that an animal responds to innately.
Terminal Response
Habit
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Primary
12. Refers to the relationship between the reinforcement and the criteria of the performance.
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Fading
Conditioning
Reinforcement Contingency
13. The failure of an operant behavior caused by previous aversive consequences.
Reinforcer
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Positive Punishment
Repression
14. The process by which a young animal forms a lasting attachment to and preference for some object - usually a parent.
Imprinting
Affiliation
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Reward
15. A prop which pinpoints a critical location for an animal in training.
Cue
Negative
Target (noun)
Discriminative Stimulus
16. A schedule of reinforcement in which each correct performance is followed by the reinforcer.
Continuous Reinforcement
Elicit
Stimulus Delta
Time-Out
17. Anything that increases the frequency of the behavior it immediately follows.
Behavioral Drift
Reinforcer
Motivation
Satiation
18. The initial phase of an organism's response to a novel stimulus.
Orienting Response
Latency
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Shaping
19. A reinforcer follows any performance the animal emits except a particular one.
Shaping
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Prompt
Extinction Burst
20. Stimuli and methods used as tools to increase interest in the environment and decrease the frequency of stereotypical behaviors.
Time-Out
Unconditioned Reflex
Behavioral Enrichment
Satiation
21. Reducing the availability of - or access to - a reinforcer.
Tactile Reinforcement
Time-Out
Deprivation
Extinction Burst
22. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Differential Reinforcement
Unconditioned Response
Approximation
Secondary
23. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Delta
Strain
Approximation
Reflex
24. A response to a discriminative stimulus that is instrumental in avoiding a painful experience.
Reinforcer
Pre-Aversive Stimulus
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Avoidance Conditioning
25. Forces regulating behavior due to drives - needs - or desires.
Negative Reinforcer
Conditioned Response
Motivation
Reinforcer
26. A stimulus which produces a response through pairing or association.
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Superstitious Behavior
Prompt
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
27. A stimulus that an animal responds to because its perception has been conditioned or learned.
Time-Out
Continuous Reinforcement
Learning Plateau
Secondary
28. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Shaping
Extinction Burst
Continuous Reinforcement
29. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.
Differential Reinforcement
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Chaining
Discriminative Stimulus
30. A response that is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus without prior training. (same as Unconditioned Reflex)
Learning
Behavioral Enrichment
Elicit
Unconditioned Response
31. Occurs when learning on piece of material has negative effects on future learning.
Proactive Inhibition
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Secondary Reinforcer
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
32. The entire process of selectively reinforcing responses that approximate the desired response to an increasingly greater degree.
Prompt
Instinct
Positive
Shaping
33. Any stimulus that has no effect on behavior before conditioning.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Secondary
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
34. The stimulus to which responses are non-reinforced or punished.
Primary Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
35. An assigned position for an animal - designated by a trainer.
Approximation
Station
Repression
Tactile Reinforcement
36. A schedule of reinforcement in which a response is not reinforced every time it is performed. (same as Partial Reinforcement Maintenance)
Emit
Selective Reinforcement
Chaining
Intermittent Reinforcement
37. Pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to get a conditioned response.
Classical or Respondant Conditioning
Adverse
Primary
Incompatible Behavior
38. A return to an earlier stage of learning.
Stimulus Delta
Reflex
Regression
Positive
39. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Refusal
Bridge
Refusal
Differential Reinforcement
40. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Immediacy of Reinforcement
Extinction Burst
Positive Transfer
Selective Reinforcement
41. Behavior which results from accidental reinforcement.
Superstitious Behavior
Target (verb)
Imprinting
Positive
42. The process by which - through learning - free operant behavior becomes attached to a specific stimulus. (same as Operant Conditioning)
Instrumental Conditioning (Operant Conditioning)
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
Neutral Stimulus or Cue
Discrimination
43. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.
Emit
Satiation
Positive Punishment
Primary
44. Stimulus which elicits a reaction with no prior conditioning.
Generalization
Attitude Shaping
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
Conditioned Aversive Stimulus
45. The frequency that behavior is performed prior to training.
Tactile Reinforcement
Unconditioned Reflex
Baseline
Primary
46. Stimulus which indicates a specific behavior will be punished or not reinforced.
Reinforcer
Reinforcer
Fading
Delta
47. The act of reinforcing exactly following the desired behavior.
Station
Generalization
Operant or Operant Behavior
Immediacy of Reinforcement
48. A reflex response elicited by a conditioned stimulus alone.
Refusal
Recall
Secondary
Conditioned Response
49. The process of stimulating an animal to touch a particular object.
Tactile Reinforcement
Selective Reinforcement
Negative Discriminative Stimulus
Target (verb)
50. Reinforcing on selected occasions at or after one variation of a behavior as opposed to another variation or behavior.
Selective Reinforcement
Conditioned Response
Negative Reinforcer
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)