Change the content of a div based on selection from dropdown menu

The accepted answer has a couple of shortcomings:

• Don't target IDs in your JavaScript code. Use classes and data attributes to avoid repeating your code.
• It is good practice to hide with CSS on load rather than with JavaScript—to support non-JavaScript users, and prevent a show-hide flicker on load.

Considering the above, your options could even have different values, but toggle the same class:

<select class="div-toggle" data-target=".my-info-1">
  <option value="orange" data-show=".citrus">Orange</option>
  <option value="lemon" data-show=".citrus">Lemon</option>
  <option value="apple" data-show=".pome">Apple</option>
  <option value="pear" data-show=".pome">Pear</option>
</select>

<div class="my-info-1">
  <div class="citrus hide">Citrus is...</div>
  <div class="pome hide">A pome is...</div>
</div>

jQuery:

$(document).on('change', '.div-toggle', function() {
  var target = $(this).data('target');
  var show = $("option:selected", this).data('show');
  $(target).children().addClass('hide');
  $(show).removeClass('hide');
});
$(document).ready(function(){
    $('.div-toggle').trigger('change');
});

CSS:

.hide {
  display: none;
}

Here's a JSFiddle to see it in action.

here is a jsfiddle with an example of showing/hiding div's via a select.

HTML:

<div id="option1" class="group">asdf</div>
<div id="option2" class="group">kljh</div>
<div id="option3" class="group">zxcv</div>
<div id="option4" class="group">qwerty</div>
<select id="selectMe">
  <option value="option1">option1</option>
  <option value="option2">option2</option>
  <option value="option3">option3</option>
  <option value="option4">option4</option>
</select>

jQuery:

$(document).ready(function () {
  $('.group').hide();
  $('#option1').show();
  $('#selectMe').change(function () {
    $('.group').hide();
    $('#'+$(this).val()).show();
  })
});