Pavlov conditioned a dog to salivate at a metronome 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 metronome 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)neoclassical conditioning
C)generalisation
D)operant conditioning

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This is an example of higher-order conditioning, where a CS (light) that was not originally paired with the UCS (meat) can elicit the same response (salivation) as the CS that was originally paired with the UCS (metronome).

Pavlov Conditioned a Dog to Salivate at a Metronome Sound