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STIMULUS GENERALIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
Synonyms:
generalisation; generalization; stimulus generalisation; stimulus generalization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("stimulus generalization" is a kind of...):
carry-over; transfer; transfer of training (application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stimulus generalization"):
irradiation ((Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus)
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