Tom is in love with Peggy. He now thinks of her when he passes a place where they took a walk, when he hears a song that they listened to together, or when he notices an advertisement for a movie at the cinema they visited. Each of these responses is an example of
A) avoidance learning.
B) latent learning.
C) higher-order conditioning.
D) spontaneous recovery.

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These responses are examples of higher-order conditioning, where a conditioned response is elicited by a stimulus that is associated with the original conditioned stimulus (Peggy). The places they walked, the song they listened to, and the cinema they visited have become associated with Peggy, and now elicit a response (thinking of Peggy) that was originally conditioned to her. Avoidance learning involves learning to avoid a certain stimulus to prevent a negative outcome, latent learning refers to learning that is not immediately expressed and only becomes evident when there is an incentive to demonstrate it, and spontaneous recovery refers to the reappearance of a conditioned response after a rest period.

Tom Is in Love with Peggy