In Ward Robinson's study, a light was paired with a sound which pigeons learned was a conditional stimulus (CS) predicting the delivery of grain. The pigeons treated the light as if it
A) had the properties of the UCS.
B) was another CR.
C) had no relationship to the UCS.
D) was unrelated to the CS.
E) had the properties of the UCR.

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The light, being paired with a sound that predicted the delivery of grain, was treated by the pigeons as if it had the properties of the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS), because it signaled the arrival of food, similar to how the UCS (food) would.

In Ward Robinson's Study, a Light Was Paired with a Sound