| generalization | 1. Rendering or becoming general, diffuse, or widespread, as when a primarily local disease becomes systemic. 2. The reasoning by which a basic conclusion is reached, which applies to different items, each having some common factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stimulus generalization | In Pavlovian conditioning, the eliciting of a conditioned response by stimuli never before experienced but which are similar to a particular conditioned stimulus. See: conditioning, classical conditioning. (05 Mar 2000) |
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