If Robert Rescorla were having a conversation with John B. Watson, what would Rescorla tell Watson?
A)''John, it is the timing of the stimuli that determines if classical conditioning will occur.''
B)''Animals cannot process information but people can, and that explains the differences between animals and people in classical conditioning.''
C)''John, there is no need to assess the information that the conditioned stimulus provides since classical conditioning only occurs with reflexive behaviors.''
D)''Organisms actively process information about the reliability of a stimulus and determine if the stimulus has predictive value.''

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Rescorla's research focused on the cognitive aspects of classical conditioning, specifically how organisms actively process information about the reliability of a stimulus and determine if the stimulus has predictive value. This is in contrast to Watson's more behaviorist approach, which did not emphasize the cognitive processes involved in classical conditioning.

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