Which of the following provides the most accurate description of how psychologists now view the use of animals in studying learning?
A. Human and non-human learning processes are identical and interchangeable.
B. Species have their own unique biology and it is overly simplistic to think all learn in the same way.
C. Non-human animals are no longer useful for studying human learning processes.
D. Classical conditioning is best studied in humans and operant conditioning in non-human animals.
Answer: B
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