Pavlov and Watson Believed the Critical Element in Classical Conditioning

question 152

Multiple Choice

Pavlov and Watson believed the critical element in classical conditioning was the _____ of stimuli; Rescorla believed it was how well the conditioned stimulus made it possible to _____

• A)expectancy; remember the consequences.
• B)pairing; make good predictions.
• C)strength; repeat the pairing.
• D)aversiveness; escape.

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Definitions:

Frequency Distribution

A mathematical function showing the number of instances in which a variable attains each of its possible values.

Relative Frequency

The ratio of the number of times a particular value appears in a dataset to the total number of observations.

Categorical Data

Data that can be divided into groups or categories that are not numerically ordered.