Jack Explains His Cat's Annoying Meowing near the Refrigerator as a Simple

question 58

Multiple Choice

Jack explains his cat's annoying meowing near the refrigerator as a simple response-outcome association (R-O learning) that was established by the cat's being fed in response to the meowing. Tim says that the cat believes that the meowing itself causes the door to be opened. Jack, but not Tim, seems to be operating according to the precepts of

• A) Occam's Razor.
• B) Morgan's Canon.
• C) rationalist thinking.
• D) Watsonian behaviorism.

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