According to Rescorla and Wagner, an eliciting stimulus serves as a reinforcer
a. anytime it is paired with another stimulus.
b. only if it is the sole stimulus that follows a response.
c. only if it is appetitive.
d. only if it evokes a response that is not already occurring.
e. whenvever it occurs in sufficient temporal contiguity with the response.
d. only if it evokes a response that is not already occurring.
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