describe the response of an organism to associated stimuli to which the organism has been ad
Generalization is the ability of an organism to associate the response to a particular stimulus conditioned to, with another related stimulus.
<u>E,g if a baby is used to be scared by black toys (that is conditioned to), exposure of the same infant to a black shoe my elicit the same response of black toy,</u>
Thus the child has generalized the stimulus, (by exhibiting fear to black shoes) by showing the same response to the previous black toy stimuli she has been conditioned to. This is generalization,
In classical conditioning, generalization refers to the ability of an organism to respond to a stimulus the same way it responds to a stimulus that is similar. For example, generalization is seen in Pavlov’s experiment with dogs, after the pairing of the meat powder with the tone of a bell. The dog which naturally salivates as an unconditioned response to the meat powder (unconditioned stimulus), also later produce similar response (conditioned response) when presented only with the sound of a bell (conditioned response). This is generalization in classical conditioning, as the dog responds in a similar way to meat powder and also to the tone of a bell.
