Blocking occurs during classical conditioning when a new stimulus:
A)adds new information about the unconditioned stimulus
B)adds no new information about the unconditioned stimulus
C)adds new information about the conditioned stimulus
D)adds no new information about the conditioned stimulus

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Blocking occurs when a previously conditioned stimulus blocks the learning of a new conditioned stimulus because the new stimulus adds no new information about the unconditioned stimulus. In other words, the previously conditioned stimulus has already established a predictive relationship with the unconditioned stimulus, and the new stimulus does not provide any new information that would change the organism's expectation of the unconditioned stimulus. Therefore, option B is the correct answer.

Blocking Occurs During Classical Conditioning When a New Stimulus