STIMULUS GENERALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stimulus generalization mean? 

• STIMULUS GENERALIZATION (noun)
  The noun STIMULUS GENERALIZATION has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STIMULUS GENERALIZATION (noun)

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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 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)