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STIMULUS GENERALISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stimulus generalisation mean? 

STIMULUS GENERALISATION (noun)
  The noun STIMULUS GENERALISATION has 1 sense:

1. (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulusplay

  Familiarity information: STIMULUS GENERALISATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STIMULUS GENERALISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

generalisation; generalization; stimulus generalisation; stimulus generalization

Hypernyms ("stimulus generalisation" 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 generalisation"):

irradiation ((Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus)


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