Generalization

(noun.) (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus.

(noun.) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

(noun.) an idea or conclusion having general application; 'he spoke in broad generalities'.

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• That generalization was a presupposition of the calculations leading to the discovery. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• More than any other generalization it illuminates the currents of our national life and explains the altering tasks of statesmanship. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Both these great nations of antiquity, ho wever, failed to carry the sciences that arose in connection with their arts to a high degree of generalization. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• A study of magazines and newspapers would confirm this rather broad generalization. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Generalization is essentially a social device. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Generalization is the counterpart of abstraction. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Scientific abstraction and generalization are equivalent to taking the point of view of any man, whatever his location in time and space. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• If, however, we examine this generalization more closely, it dissolves into thin air. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The logical traits of abstraction, generalization, and definite formulation are all associated with this function. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• This generalization concerning the nature of sound was probably not original, however; it may have been suggested to Vitruvius by one of the Aristotelian writings. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• When men identified their interests exclusively with the concerns of a narrow group, their generalizations were correspondingly restricted. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• They involved an assertion of the unity of God and some acceptable generalizations about righteousness. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• If those were the generalizations of a tired business man after a heavy dinner and a big cigar, they would still seem rather muddled and useless. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The philosophers soon reached certain generalizations from this state of affairs. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Getting command of technique and of methods of reaching and testing generalizations is at first secondary to getting appreciation. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It is for the sciences to say what generalizations are tenable about the world and what they specifically are. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• They are nothing but generalizations, more or less adequate, of concrete goods. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Between us and the realities of social life we build up a mass of generalizations, abstract ideas, ancient glories, and personal wishes. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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