In _________ conditioning the focus is on how organisms form anticipations about the environment; in _______ conditioning the focus is on what the organism does to act on the environment.
A)classical; operant
B)operant; classical
C)higher-order; classical
D)operant; higher-order

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In classical conditioning, the focus is on the formation of anticipations or associations between stimuli such as a conditioned stimulus (CS) and an unconditioned stimulus (US). In operant conditioning, the focus is on how the organism's behavior is reinforced or punished by the consequences that follow, which means that the organism is acting on the environment. Therefore, option A is the correct answer.

In _________ Conditioning the Focus Is on How Organisms Form