Whenever Hosea thinks about eating jalepeño peppers, his mouth waters as if he is about to eat them. At first, he was having this reaction only when he smelled the food that he normally eats with them. This kind of conditioning is called

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Hosea's reaction is an example of higher-order conditioning, where a neutral stimulus (the smell of the food he normally eats with the peppers) becomes associated with the conditioned stimulus (the jalepeño peppers) and triggers a conditioned response (mouth watering).

Whenever Hosea Thinks About Eating Jalepeño Peppers, His Mouth Waters