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EATM Animal Training Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. The point at which appetite is lost.






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






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






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






9. The process of learning a sequence of behaviors that proceeds semi-automatically in a determinate order.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Decreasing the frequency of a response by the addition of an aversive stimulus.






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






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






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






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






21. The act of reinforcing by touch.






22. To add to the environment.






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






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






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






26. A conditioned stimulus which has the property of producing a specific behavior.






27. The point at which appetite is lost.






28. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.






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






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






31. A coincidence between a performance and a reinforcer.






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






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






34. A process in which learning is made easier by something learned previously.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Learning to react differently to different stimuli.






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






44. Voluntary behavior that is controlled by its consequences.






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






46. Some performance which is a closer approximation to the desired behavior.






47. A stimulus that the organism finds inherently rewarding.






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






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






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






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