Toward a Universal Law of Generalization for Psychological Science.

Shepard, Roger N.

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ERIC Number: EJ359983

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Publication Date: 1987

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Toward a Universal Law of Generalization for Psychological Science.

Shepard, Roger N.

Science, v237 n4820 p1317-23 Sep 11 1987

Describes the establishment of a psychological space for any set of stimuli by determining metric distances between the stimuli with the probability that a response learned for a stimulus will generalize to the other. (Author/TW)

Descriptors: College Science, Conditioning, Generalization, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Patterned Responses, Psychological Patterns, Psychology, Psychophysiology, Science Education, Stimulus Generalization, Theories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers

Language: English

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