What is discrimination?

Discrimination is the ability to observe the differences between objects and properties, or variation with the same category.

Here are some examples of discrimination:

• Recognizing the difference between a cat and a dog is discrimination between categories.
• Recognizing the difference between a house cat, a Persian cat, and a Siamese cat is discrimination within a category.

• What is a knowledge hierarchy?
• Information processing theory of learning

• Concept module: discrimination
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): D
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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