(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
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Stimulus generalization
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
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The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general prin…
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.See Reenforcement.
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether…
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.of Condition
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the…
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To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.A protein produced by the immune system to neutralize pathogens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.(Psychology) a school of thought postulating that the personality of an individual is dependent on the type of their physique (somatot…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus; "counter conditioning lies beh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus; "he measured evoked potentials with an electro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, inf…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is gi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, transfer, response, learned, stimulus.gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
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