A weakness of the Rescorla-Wagner model is its inability to explain why
A)a conditioned stimulus that occurs before the unconditioned stimulus is optimal for learning.
B)a shorter delay between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus is optimal for learning.
C)evolutionarily significant conditioned stimuli are easier to condition.
D)the conditioned stimulus needs to be a good predictor of the unconditioned stimulus.

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The Rescorla-Wagner model focuses on the predictiveness of the conditioned stimulus for the unconditioned stimulus, but it does not account for the biological predispositions of organisms to more easily learn associations that are evolutionarily significant.

A Weakness of the Rescorla-Wagner Model Is Its Inability to Explain