Abstract principle which posits that any organism in unfamiliar situations will respond in an analogous manner to earlier responses in situations which were similar, but familiar.
RESPONSE-BY-ANALOGY PRINCIPLE: "The response-by-analogy principle accounts for the behavior of organisms in new situations."
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