A light is paired with a buzzer that was previously paired with food.The light now elicits a conditioned response.This exemplifies:

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This is an example of higher order conditioning, where a stimulus that was previously neutral (the light) becomes conditioned by being paired with an already established conditioned stimulus (the buzzer that signals food). This process shows how a new stimulus can acquire the ability to elicit a response that was originally elicited by another stimulus.

A Light Is Paired with a Buzzer That Was Previously