Associations are negligible or absent when a long delay between CS-US pairings is used in most classical conditioning preparations. This finding has been attributed to
A) the use of only a few CS-US pairings.
B) the failure to use highly relevant CSs and USs.
C) latent inhibition effects that occur because of the CSs typically used by researchers.
D) strong interference effects from other stimuli that occur between the CS and US.

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The correct explanation is that when there is a long delay between the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (US), other stimuli present in the environment can interfere with the association between the CS and US, leading to negligible or absent associations. This is known as interference effects.

Associations Are Negligible or Absent When a Long Delay Between