Which Statement About the Timing of an Outcome Is True

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the timing of an outcome is true?

• A) The timing of the outcome relative to the response has a strong impact on reward learning but not on punishment.
• B) The timing of the outcome is more critical for instrumental than for classical conditioning procedures.
• C) The same stimulus‒outcome timing that produces good learning will also maximize response‒outcome learning when the timing is the same.
• D) In both classical and instrumental conditioning, close timing produces better learning, but the time scale differs between paradigms.

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