If Robert Rescorla Were Having a Conversation with John B

question 239

Multiple Choice

If Robert Rescorla were having a conversation with John B. Watson, what would Rescorla tell Watson?

• A)''John, it is the timing of the stimuli that determines if classical conditioning will occur.''
• B)''Animals cannot process information but people can, and that explains the differences between animals and people in classical conditioning.''
• C)''John, there is no need to assess the information that the conditioned stimulus provides since classical conditioning only occurs with reflexive behaviors.''
• D)''Organisms actively process information about the reliability of a stimulus and determine if the stimulus has predictive value.''

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Definitions:

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