Rescorla's cognitive theory proposed that the real reason Pavlov's dogs salivated to conditioned stimuli was that these stimuli allowed them to _____
A)guess food might come.
B)predict what food would come.
C)wonder if food might come.
D)remember the smell of food.

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Rescorla did not think it was the repeated pairings of conditioned and unconditioned stimuli was the critical part of classical conditioning. He believed it was how well the conditioned stimulus provided information so that reliable predictions about the occurrence of the unconditioned stimuli could be made.

Rescorla's Cognitive Theory Proposed That the Real Reason Pavlov's Dogs