Accordingtothetwo process theory,classicalconditioningmediatestheinstrumentalbehaviorthroughtheemotionalvalenceofthe reinforcer(Domjan,1998). Thesqueakycupboard(S)andincreaseactivity(R)getassociatedwiththeoutcome (positiveemotionalinanticipationoffood)throughclassicalconditioning.Subsequently,theSOactivatesan overallpositiveemotionalstatesincethereinforcerisappetitiveandthereisamotivationforinstrumental learning.Also,thepositiveemotionfromtheanticipationofthefoodsummatestotheinstrumentalresponse thatgivesthesamefoodreward.Afterwards,throughinstrumentallearning,thesqueakycupboardmakes predictionoftheoutcome.Insum,whenthecathearsthesqueakycupboard(S)itismorelikelytoincrease activity(R)inordertoexperiencethepositiveemotionoffoodanticipation(O). Explain in own words.

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