The Seeming Conflict Between Concurrent Measurement Studies and the Pavlovian-Instrumental

question 36

Multiple Choice

The seeming conflict between concurrent measurement studies and the Pavlovian-instrumental transfer studies was resolved by assuming that classical conditioning

• A) co-occurs with instrumental conditioning, rather than preceding or motivating it.
• B) motivates instrumental responding by the conditioning of a central state, not a peripheral response.
• C) is more likely to motivate instrumental responding when the temporal training parameters of the two procedures match.
• D) motivates instrumental responding when conditioned reinforcers, but not primary reinforcers, are used as the outcome.

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