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)spontaneous recovery.
B)higher-order conditioning.
C)stimulus generalization.
D)extinction.

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This is an example of higher-order conditioning because the dog learned to associate the light with the bell, which was previously paired with the meat stimulus. This resulted in the dog salivating in response to the light alone, even without the meat stimulus or the bell.

Pavlov Conditioned a Dog to Salivate at a Bell Sound