Mice who received a paired tone and shock 20 times and the same tone with no shock 20 times were not successfully conditioned to fear the tone. Mice who received a shock every time the tone sounded were conditioned to fear the tone. This observation supports the _____ theory of classical conditioning.
A)Pavlovian
B)cognitive
C)emotion-based
D)original

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The fact that only the mice whose conditioning made the conditioned stimulus more predictive were successfully conditioned supports the cognitive theory of classical conditioning.

Mice Who Received a Paired Tone and Shock 20 Times