Trent's cat comes running when he shakes a can of treats. Trent wants to teach his cat to come when he says, "Do you want a treat?"To do this, he will ask, "Do you want a treat?"before he shakes the can of treats. Trent is
A) trying to extinguish a behavior.
B) using the parallel distributed processing model.
C) using higher-order conditioning.
D) unaware that instinctive drift will interfere with his cat's learning.

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Trent is using higher-order conditioning by pairing a new stimulus ("Do you want a treat?") with an already conditioned stimulus (the sound of the can shaking) to elicit the same response from his cat.

Trent's Cat Comes Running When He Shakes a Can of Treats