A dog is first conditioned to salivate to a tone.Then a light is paired with the tone for a number of trials.Finally,the light is presented alone,and the dog salivates.What is this procedure called

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This procedure is called higher-order conditioning because the light, which was originally neutral, has become a conditioned stimulus (CS) that elicits a conditioned response (CR) of salivation after being paired with the tone, which was already a CS. This is an example of conditioning occurring at a higher level, where a new stimulus becomes associated with an already-established CS.

A Dog Is First Conditioned to Salivate to a Tone