Thorndike studied how cats can become progressively faster escaping a locked box; Pavlov studied how dogs associate a bell sound with upcoming food. What is the crucial difference between these two avenues of research?
A. Thorndike focused on consequences of behavior, and Pavlov focused on environmental cues
B. Thorndike was a structuralist, and Pavlov was a behaviorist.
C. Thorndike was studying behavior not also seen in humans.
D. Thorndike was studying classical conditioning, and Pavlov was studying cognitive learning.
Answer: A
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