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generalization

[ jen-er-uh-luh-zey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or process of generalizing.
  2. a result of this process; a general statement, idea, or principle.
  3. Logic.
    1. a proposition asserting something to be true either of all members of a certain class or of an indefinite part of that class.
    2. the process of obtaining such propositions.
  4. Psychology.
    1. Also called stim路u路lus gen路er路al路i路za路tion [stim, -y, uh, -l, uh, s jen-er-, uh, -l, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n]. the act or process of responding to a stimulus similar to but distinct from the conditioned stimulus.
    2. Also called re路sponse gen路er路al路i路za路tion [ri-, spons, jen-er-, uh, -l, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n]. the act or process of making a different but similar response to the same stimulus.
    3. Also called me路di路at路ed gen路er路al路i路za路tion [mee, -dee-ey-tid jen-er-, uh, -l, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n]. the act or process of responding to a stimulus not physically similar to the conditioned stimulus and not previously encountered in conditioning.
    4. the act or process of perceiving similarity or relation between different stimuli, as between words, colors, sounds, lights, concepts or feelings; the formation of a general notion.


generalization

/ 藢诲萧蓻苍谤蓹濒补瑟藞锄别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a principle, theory, etc, with general application
  2. the act or an instance of generalizing
  3. psychol the evoking of a response learned to one stimulus by a different but similar stimulus See also conditioning
  4. logic the derivation of a general statement from a particular one, formally by prefixing a quantifier and replacing a subject term by a bound variable. If the quantifier is universal ( universal generalization ) the argument is not in general valid; if it is existential ( existential generalization ) it is valid
  5. logic any statement ascribing a property to every member of a class ( universal generalization ) or to one or more members ( existential generalization )
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of generalization1

First recorded in 1755鈥65; generalize + -ation
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This is too much of a generalization, but it鈥檚 an irresistible one: We are seeing a truly extraordinary transformation, something like the awakening of the mainstream conservatives alongside the continuing surrender of the mainstream liberals.

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But what Jones and Whewell showed was that, specifically related to agricultural land, Ricardo had crafted a huge generalization that didn't map onto the reality of the situation.

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Then it models how much each algorithm's performance would degrade if it were transferred to each other task, a concept known as generalization performance.

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However, until now, it wasn't clear whether stress played a role in memory generalization.

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Admittedly, that is a generalization, but it鈥檚 one worth making.

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