Pavlov Believed That Presenting the CS at Nearly the Same

question 99

Multiple Choice

Pavlov believed that presenting the CS at nearly the same time as the UCS caused a connection in the brain to form so that the animal treated the CS as if it were the UCS. Psychologists today believe that the animal

• A) treats the CS as the UCS, but the brain is not involved.
• B) treats the CS as if it were the UCR.
• C) uses the CS as a positive reinforcer.
• D) uses the CS as a predictor that the UCS is coming.

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