Defenition of the word generalisation
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Defenition of the word generalisation
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- an idea having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities"
- an idea or conclusion having general application
Hyponyms for the word generalisation
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- irradiation
- principle
- rule
Hypernyms for the word generalisation
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- carry-over
- colligation
- idea
- theorisation
- theorization
- thought
- transfer
- transfer of training
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