Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Statement I:Contiguity theory gives no place to effect in learning.

Statement II:Watson's theory gave emphasis to the importance of frequency or exercise in learning.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct ✓ Correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

Explanation

Both statements are correct.

Guthrie's contiguity theory gives no place to effect in learning, relying only on stimulus and response occurring together.

For Guthrie, learning happens by simple contiguity in a single pairing, without reward.

Watson's theory emphasised the importance of frequency, or exercise, in learning.

Watson relied on the laws of frequency and recency to explain how associations form.

Both Guthrie and Watson belong to the behaviourist tradition of stimulus-response learning.

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