noun
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
• Syn: ↑generalization, ↑generalisation, ↑stimulus generalisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑generalise (for: ↑generalisation), ↑generalize (for: ↑generalization)
• Topics: ↑psychology, ↑psychological science
• Hypernyms: ↑transfer, ↑transfer of training, ↑carry-over
• Hyponyms: ↑irradiation
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Psychol.
generalization (def. 4a).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.