HyperDic: stimulus_generalisation

English > 1 sense of the expression stimulus generalisation:
NOUNcognitionstimulus generalisation, generalization, generalisation, stimulus generalization(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
English > stimulus generalisation: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus.
Synonymsgeneralization, generalisation, stimulus generalization
Categorypsychology, psychological scienceThe science of mental life
Narrowerirradiation(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
Broadertransfer, transfer of training, carry-overapplication of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

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