Reacting to a stimulus that is similar to the one to which you have learned to respond to is called response generalization.

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Response generalization refers to the phenomenon where a learned response to a specific stimulus is elicited by similar stimuli, but the term "response generalization" is more accurately used to describe the transfer of a learned response to different but related responses, not just similar stimuli. The correct term for reacting to similar stimuli is "stimulus generalization."

Reacting to a Stimulus That Is Similar to the One