PSY260H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Electronic Component, Kenneth Spence, Roger Shepard
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Generalization: the transfer of past learning to new situations and problems: there is a need to find an appropriate balance between. Specificity deciding how narrowly a rule applies. Generality deciding how broadly a rule applies: seen in all forms of learning and memory pavlovian conditioning, operant conditioning etc. Response drops off rapidly as test stimuli become less and less similar to training stimulus. Often treated as animal"s or person"s perception of similarity highly similar means significant generalization. Characteristic of generalization gradient is that they decline rapidly on either side of the peak. Roger shepard cognitive psychologist this feature of generalization gradients is one of the most constant basic laws of psychology. Pigeon is not confused about stimulus, but shows that it expects, based on learning from stimulus is that there is a chance of yielding an outcome with the similar" stimulus.
