Ben immediately takes a liking to Jan after learning that she is a friend of a famous pop artist whom he has always adored. This situation seems most analogous to the process of
A) US revaluation.
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) blocking.
D) temporal conditioning.

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Higher-order conditioning occurs when a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes conditioned because it is associated with another conditioned stimulus. In this case, Jan becomes more likable to Ben because she is associated with someone he adores, similar to how a neutral stimulus can become conditioned by being associated with another conditioned stimulus.

Ben Immediately Takes a Liking to Jan After Learning That