If, on many occasions, a dog is made to hear the sound of a metronome prior to conditioning, then a standard number of conditioning trials might result in little or no conditioning to the metronome. This is most likely an experiment on
A) higher-order conditioning.
B) blocking.
C) latent inhibition.
D) occasion setting.

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Latent inhibition refers to the phenomenon where frequent exposure to a neutral stimulus without any conditioning makes it harder for that stimulus to be later associated with an unconditioned stimulus during conditioning trials. In this case, the dog's repeated exposure to the metronome sound without any association makes it less likely for the dog to form a new association with the metronome during conditioning.

If, on Many Occasions, a Dog Is Made to Hear