Who demonstrated that animals can learn the predictability of an event?
A) Kimble and Garcia
B) Rescorla and Wagner
C) Skinner and Darwin
D) Pavlov and Watson

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Rescorla and Wagner demonstrated the concept of learned predictability in their experiment with dogs where they conditioned the dogs to anticipate a shock after a tone, and then later switched to presenting the shock after a light, resulting in the dogs exhibiting less fear of the tone since it was less predictive of the shock. Kimble and Garcia studied taste aversion learning in rats, Skinner and Darwin were not specifically focused on learned predictability, and Pavlov and Watson primarily studied classical conditioning.

Who Demonstrated That Animals Can Learn the Predictability of an Event