However, this cannot be achieved with the generalization of ideas, personalities, and cultures. Mankind has survived over the years to establish a civilized society out of critical thinking. It is disadvantageous to learn that generalization can inhibit further thought. For example, a tendency to wear warm clothes during the winter is a generalized behavior that is sometimes exhibited by hibernating animals. Generalization behaviors are notable among men and animals living in different regions as a way of adapting to internal and external stimulus. Generalization has been a critical factor in the transfer of behaviors across generations in both man and animals. In this regard, acquiring enough food stock is perceived as a necessary survival tactic to avoid hunger, malnutrition, and death. In addition, mankind understands that survival tactics during the drought and winter seasons are necessary.

For example, mankind is likely to avoid rotten vegetables for fear of getting sick. In this regard, the survival of animal and mankind depend on how they react to different scenarios. The evolution narrative heavily borrows its ideology from adaptation benefits (Bernstein, Penner, Clarke-Stewart & Roy 2007, p. A conditioned response is perceived to be strong if the similarity between a newly evoked and the conditioned stimulus is greater. In this regard, the dog may respond similarly by hearing a sound similar to that of the whistle. For example, a dog can be conditioned to sit down upon hearing the sound of a whistle. However, evoking similar responses from the conditioned stimulus is similar to stereotyped tendencies. Precisely, the activity derived from an association between two stimuli is referred to in this case as a conditioned response. Generalization is a process that involves a conditioned response initialized after a stimulus is evoked from another stimulus. This paper examines the benefits and weaknesses of generalization and discrimination from an evolutionary perspective. In this regard, acquisition, generalization, discrimination, extinction, and spontaneous recovery are considered basic classical conditioning procedures. In addition, there are basic processes integral to the psychological phenomenon. Classical conditioning involves both neutral and reflex stimuli (Pavlov 2003, p. In this regard, experiments on how the association between two stimuli derive a common response are integral in classical conditioning.

The phenomenonвЂ™s main objective is to identify the connection between the two stimuli. Classical conditioning was coined by Ivan Pavlov, the renowned Russian psychologist.

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