Which Scenario Illustrates Guthrie's Assumption as to Why Reinforcement Facilitates

question 67

Multiple Choice

Which scenario illustrates Guthrie's assumption as to why reinforcement facilitates instrumental learning?

• A) Highly salient stimuli, like reinforcers, reduce interference from competing behaviors by conditioning them to a different stimulus context.
• B) A biologically significant and valued event stamps in or strengthens the connection between behavior and outcome.
• C) For the first event that occurs following a behavior, both its contiguity and salience result in a clear and complete association in just one trial.
• D) A unique and stronger connection is created between the linked response node and the stimulus node than between other response and stimulus nodes.

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