According to contingency theory, a randomly presented conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus would not change behavior because
A)the conditioned stimulus did not provide strong enough reinforcement.
B)the unconditioned stimulus is presented before the conditioned stimulus.
C)classical conditioning can only be effective when the operant is performed in a highly structured environment.
D)the conditioned stimulus does not provide information about the unconditioned stimulus.

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In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus must provide information about the unconditioned stimulus in order for learning to occur. This means that the conditioned stimulus must reliably predict the occurrence of the unconditioned stimulus. If the two stimuli are randomly presented, there is no consistent relationship between them and no learning will occur.

According to Contingency Theory, a Randomly Presented Conditioned Stimulus and Unconditioned