The seeming conflict between concurrent measurement studies and the Pavlovian-instrumental transfer studies was resolved by assuming that classical conditioning
A) co-occurs with instrumental conditioning, rather than preceding or motivating it.
B) motivates instrumental responding by the conditioning of a central state, not a peripheral response.
C) is more likely to motivate instrumental responding when the temporal training parameters of the two procedures match.
D) motivates instrumental responding when conditioned reinforcers, but not primary reinforcers, are used as the outcome.

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Classical conditioning is thought to motivate instrumental responding through the conditioning of a central motivational state rather than a specific peripheral response. This central state then influences instrumental behavior.

The Seeming Conflict Between Concurrent Measurement Studies and the Pavlovian-Instrumental