Pavlov conditioned a dog to salivate at a bell sound that was paired with a meat stimulus.After the CS-UCS linkage was strongly established,Pavlov then presented the dog with several flashes of a light followed by the bell sound.After a few days,when the light flashes were presented by themselves,the dog salivated.This is an example of:
A)higher-order conditioning.
B)CS pairing.
C)generalization.
D)operant conditioning.

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This is an example of higher-order conditioning because the light stimulus was paired with a previously established CS (the bell), which then elicited the conditioned response (salivation) by itself.

Pavlov Conditioned a Dog to Salivate at a Bell Sound