Justin became fearful of doctors and nurses because doctors and nurses were paired with painful shots.Justin's doctor has his office in a round brick building.Now any round brick building will elicit fear and crying from Justin.
Becoming fearful of round brick buildings because they were associated with his doctor is an example of
A)shaping.
B)extinction.
C)vicarious conditioning.
D)higher-order conditioning.

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This is an example of higher-order conditioning because the fear response that was originally conditioned to the painful shots and associated with the doctors and nurses has now been transferred or generalized to the round brick building, which was paired with the doctor.

Justin Became Fearful of Doctors and Nurses Because Doctors and Nurses