Kamin's work on classical conditioning has demonstrated
A) that an unconditioned stimulus (US) and a conditioned stimulus (CS) must only occur together often in order for a conditioned response to the CS to occur.
B) that the CS must predict the US reliably in order for conditioning to occur.
C) that the CS must follow the US reliably in order for conditioning to occur.
D) that the US must precede the CS repeatedly in order for conditioning to occur.

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Kamin's work, particularly his blocking effect, showed that for classical conditioning to occur, the conditioned stimulus (CS) must reliably predict the unconditioned stimulus (US). This means that the presence of the CS signals the upcoming occurrence of the US, which is crucial for the learning process in classical conditioning.

Kamin's Work on Classical Conditioning Has Demonstrated