How can you distinguish between generalisation and discrimination?
Answers
generalization:- when a learned response occurs or is elicited by a new stimulus it is called as generalization
discrimination:- is a response due to difference
Generalization and discrimination
Explanation:
Generalization and discrimination are factors influencing stimulus in instrumental or classical conditioning.
During conditioning of stimulus, the general tendency to respond to the stimulus resembling the original conditioned stimulus is called generalization.
This leads the individual to produce similar responses with various stimuli. In real-world setting, generalization is used in psychotherapy
The tendency of differential response to similar non-identical stimuli during classical conditioning is called discrimination. The individual responds differently with each variation in stimuli.
Discrimination in classical conditioning can be observed when one stimulus can lead to a conditional response whereas the other does not.