Response Generalization:

Terms Related to Response Generalization

• Stimulus Generalization

  The tendency to react to stimuli that are different from, but somewhat similar to, the stimulus used as a conditioned stimulus.

• Tropism

  The directional growth of an organism in response to an external stimulus such as light, touch, or gravity. Growth towards the stimulus is a positive ...

• Drive

  A state of internal activity of an organism that is a necessary condition before a given stimulus will elicit a class of responses; e.g., a ...

• Gravisensing

  Process whereby a bodily structure or organism (animal or plant) receives or detects a gravity stimulus. The sensing may be direct or indirect and may ...

• Psychophysic

  The science dealing with the correlation of the physical characteristics of a stimulus, e.g., frequency or intensity, with the response to the stimulus, in order ...

• Gravity Sensing

  Process whereby a bodily structure or organism (animal or plant) receives or detects a gravity stimulus. The sensing may be direct or indirect and may ...