Frank becomes so anxious upon entering a classroom to take an exam that his ability to concentrate is affected.What could best explain this anxiety?

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Higher-order conditioning is a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a conditioned stimulus, and then the neutral stimulus begins to elicit the same response as the conditioned stimulus. In this case, the classroom could be the neutral stimulus, and the exam could be the conditioned stimulus. After repeated pairings of the classroom and the exam, the classroom alone could begin to elicit anxiety, which would interfere with Frank's ability to concentrate.

Frank Becomes So Anxious Upon Entering a Classroom to Take