Meaning of GENERALISATION
Pronunciation: | | `jenuruli'zeyshun
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- [n] (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- [n] reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- [n] the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- [n] an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities"
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| Synonyms: | | abstraction, generality, generalization, induction, inductive reasoning, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization |
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| See Also: | | carry-over, colligation, idea, irradiation, principle, rule, theorisation, theorization, thought, transfer, transfer of training | |
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