Question

Obi always gives his cats treats before he goes to work each morning. When he is gathering the things he takes to work, his cats begin to circle around him and cry. Robert Rescorla and Allan Wagner would say this is occurring because Obi's cats have developed a(n) _____ for the treats.
expectation

Answer 1

Answer:

Expectation

Explanation:

The Rescorla Wagner model is a model that is based in expectation and conditioned and unconditioned stimulus.

The model tells that, at the beginning, subjects are surprised by the unconditioned stimuli (stimulus that is not related to the desired conduct), however, once they are being conditioned they are no longer surprised by them and start to actually expect the reward to appear with the stimulus.

In this case, Obi's cats are now conditioned by the fact that they get treats before Obi goes to work, so they associated the fact of him gathering his things to the fact of getting treats and now they expect him to give them treats before he goes to work while he's gathering his things.