Choose one topic: a) contingency theory, b) blocking, or c) taste-aversion learning. Explain the topic you chose. How has this topic changed the traditional view of classical conditioning?
What will be an ideal response?
* Contingency theory states the better the CS is able to predict the UCS, the stronger the conditioning.
* Blocking is the situation in which the conditionality of a CS is weakened when it is paired with a UCS that has been previously paired with another CS.
* Taste-aversion learning is the development of a dislike or aversion to a flavor or food that has been paired with illness.
* All have expanded upon the traditional notions of CS and UCS pairings by suggesting the influence of cognition.
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