Terminology

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. F
7. G
8. H
9. I
10. J
11. K
12. L
13. M
14. N
15. O
16. P
17. Q
18. R
19. S
20. T
21. U
22. V
23. W
24. X
25. Y
26. Z

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A

Abuse

Accidental Reinforcement

Acclimation

Accreditation

Accreditation body

Accredited

Accuracy

Acquired Behaviors

Active Adaptation

Active Avoidance

Active Response

Activity Drive

Adaptation

Adipocere

Adolescent Dog

Adult Dog

Adversive Conditioning

Adversive Stimulus

Aged Trail

Aggression

Aggression

Aggressiveness

Agility

Agility Course

Air Scent Dog

Air Scent Drive

Air Scenting

Alert

Allele

Anthropocentrism

Anthropomorphism

Approach-Approach Conflict

Approach-Avoidance Conflict

Approximation

Area Search

Articles

Avalanche Search Dog

Avoidance Conditioning

Avoidance Training

Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict

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B

Backup Handler Dog

Backward Chaining

Baseline

Behavior

Behavior Modification

Behavioral Chain

Best Practices

Blank Search

Blind Experiments

Blood Line

Boldness

Bond

Breeds of Dogs

Bridge

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C

Cadaver

Canine

Canine Team

Care and Safety of Canine

Casting

Certification

Certification Evaluation

Certification Preparation

Certified Team

Chain-of-Behaviors

Chaining

Change of Behavior (COB)

Character

Chimney Effect

Chromosome

Classical Conditioning

Co-ordination

Coercion Training

Cognition

Competent

Comprehensive Assessment

Compulsion Training

Concentration

Conditioned Aversive Stimulus

Conditioned Fear

Conditioned Reinforcer

Conditioned Response (CR)

Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

Conditioning

Confidence

Confirmed Alert

Conflict

Confounding Factors

Consistency

Contaminating Odor

Continuous Reinforcement (CRF)

Control

Control of Canine

Correction

Correlation

Courage

Cremains

Crittering

Cross-Trained Dog

Cuing the Dog

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D

Decision Making

Defense

Delay of Reinforcement

Dependent Variable

Deployment

Deployment Log

Deprivation

Desensitization (DS)

Differential Reinforcement

Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)

Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)

Differential Response

Diploid

Disaster Search Dog

Discrimination

Discriminative Stimulus

Displacement Behavior

Distemper

Distractibility

Distractor

Disturbed Area

DNA

Dog

Dog Handler

Double-Blind

Drive

Dry Bone

Dual-Purpose Dog

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E

Emergency Stop

Environmental Enrichment

Environmental Training

Escape Learning

Escape or Escape Behavior

Evaluator

Event

Evidence Search

Evidence Search Dog

Examination

Experimental Bias

Extinction Burst

Extinction Training

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F

Fading

False Alert

False Negative

False Response

Fear

Firearm Detection Dog

Fixed Interval Schedule of Reinforcement

Fixed Ratio Schedule of Reinforcement

Fixed Reinforcement

Foundation Skills Assessment

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G

Gene

Generalization

Green Dog

Grid Search

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H

Habit

Habituation

Handler

Handler Error

Haploid

Hardness

Hasty Search

Headspace of Target Substance

Heel Position, At

Heterozygote

Homemade Explosives (HME)

Homozygote

Hosting Agency

Human Detection Dog

Husbandry

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I

Immediacy of Consequences

Imprinting

Improvised Explosive Device (IED)

Inadvertent Reinforcement

Incremental Learning

Independence

Independent

Independent Variable

Indication

Instinct

Instrumental Conditioning

Inter-observer Reliability

Interest

Internal Schedule of Reinforcement

Interstimulus Interval (ISI)

Intra-observer Reliability

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K

Kennel Assistant

Keying the Dog

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L

Latency

Latent Learning

Learning Plateau

Least Reinforcing Scenario (LRS)

Locus (plural Loci)

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M

Magnitude of Reinforcement

Maintenance of Reinforcement

Masking Odors

Matching-to-Sample (MTS)

Methodology

Minimum Standard

Mining Terms

Miss

Motivation

Multi-Purpose Dog

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N

Neutral Stimulus or Cue

Non-indication

Non-productive Response

Null Hypothesis

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O

Odor / Scent Pool

Odor Plume

Odor Recognition

Odor Recognition Assessment

Odor Signature

Odorant

Off-lead

On-lead

Operant Conditioning

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P

Passive Response

Pedigree

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Physical Fitness

Point-to-Point

Positie Punishment

Positive Reinforcement

Possession

Post-pubescent Dog

Power of a Test

PPE for Rubble Search

Praise Off

Pre-aversive Stimulus

Pre-scenting

Precision

Precursor Stimulus

Primary Reinforcement

Primary Reinforcer

Probable Cause

Productive Response

Proficiency Assessment(s)

Prompt

Proof Off / Proofing

Prospective Study

Protection

Punishment

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Q

Quartering

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R

Rabies

Random

Recall

Refusal

Reinforcement

Reinforcement Contingency

Reinforcement Schedules

Reinforcement Training

Remote Training

Remote Training Collar

Repeatability

Repetitive Barking

Replication

Repression of Behavior

Residual Odor

Residue

Resolution

Response

Retrieve

Retrospective Study

Reward

Runaway

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S

Satiation

Scent

Scent Article

Scent Association

Scent Discrimination

Scent Pad

Scent Picture

Search and Rescue (SAR) Dog

Search Intent

Sense of Smell

Sensitive Periods

Sensitivity

Sensory Threshold

Set Time

Sexual Maturity

Shaping

Sharpness

SI Units

Signature Odor

Single-Blind Testing

Single-Purpose Dog

Sociability with Humans

Sociability with Other Dogs

Social Maturity

Socialization

Softness

Species Preservation

Specificity

Spontaneous Recovery

Standard

Statistical Significance

Stimulus Control

Stimulus Generalization

Subordinate

Survival

Systemic Desensitization

Systemic Search Pattern

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T

Tactile Reinforcement

Taggant

Target Odor

Target Training

Temperament

Threshold

Time-Out

Titration

Track

Tracking (Human)

Tracking Harness

Tracking Line

Trailing (Human)

Trainability

Training

Training Log

Type I Error

Type II Error

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U

Unconditioned Response

Unconditioned Stimulus

Unconfirmed Alert

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V

Vaccine

Validity

Variable

Variable Interval Schedule of Reinforcement

Variable Ratio Schedule of Reinforcement

Variable Reinforcement

Voice Inflection

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W

Wet Bone

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Z

Zoonosis

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