Howcan you distinguish between generalisation anddiscrimination?

Thedistinguishing features between generalisation and discrimination areas follows:

Generalisationrefers to the phenomenon of responding similarly to similar stimuli.It represents the occurrence or elicitation of learned response by anew stimulus. For instance, in the absence of mother, a child is ableto find the jar of chocolates. Furthermore, generalisation occurs dueto failure of discrimination.

Discriminationon the other hand is a response caused by difference in stimuli.Discriminative response depends on the discrimination capacity of theorganism. For example, a child who is scared of all men withmoustache may not be scared of clean-shaved men.