Laboratory animals are taught that a tone predicts food delivery.A light is then added as a second CS and they are given additional trials paired with food.If the animals now are tested with the light alone,what will they do?
A)salivate more to the light than when it was presented with the tone.
B)salivate equally to the light as they did to the tone.
C)salivate to the light,but less quickly than they did to the tone.
D)not salivate to the light.

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The animals will not salivate to the light alone due to blocking, where the previously learned association with the tone prevents the light from becoming a new conditioned stimulus.

Laboratory Animals Are Taught That a Tone Predicts Food Delivery