Trent's cat comes running when he shakes a can of treats.Trent wants to teach his cat to come when he says,"Do you want a treat?" To do this,he will ask,"Do you want a treat?" before he shakes the can of treats.Trent is
A) trying to extinguish a behaviour.
B) using the parallel distributed processing model.
C) using higher-order conditioning.
D) unaware that instinctive drift will interfere with his cat's learning.

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Trent is using higher-order conditioning by pairing the new cue "Do you want a treat?" with the already established cue of the sound of the can of treats. Through this process, the cat should begin to associate the new cue with the reward of getting a treat.

Trent's Cat Comes Running When He Shakes a Can of Treats.Trent