AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the conditioning process, stimulus generalization is the tendency for the conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses after the response has been conditioned.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stimulus generalization: The tendency for stimuli that is similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stimulus generalization is the tendency to respond to a new stimulus as if it is the original conditioned stimulus. Stimulus discrimination is the tendency to lack a conditioned response to a new stimulus that’s similar to the original conditioned stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -generalization, in psychology, the tendency to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli. For example, a dog conditioned to salivate to a tone of a particular pitch and loudness will also salivate with considerable regularity in response to tones of higher and lower pitch.

Detailed explanation-5: -’Stimulus generalization occurs when behavior becomes more probable in the presence of one stimulus or situation as a result of having been reinforced in the presence of another stimulus or situation’ (Martin & Pear, 1999, p. 145). This can occur due to physical similarity or due to conceptual learning.