When a strongly conditioned CS is used to make another stimulus into a CS,the effect is known as:
A)stimulus discrimination.
B)higher-order conditioning.
C)CS pairing.
D)stimulus generalization.

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Higher-order conditioning occurs when a previously neutral stimulus is paired with a conditioned stimulus that has already been established through classical conditioning. As a result of this pairing, the previously neutral stimulus can also evoke the conditioned response, even without being paired with the original unconditioned stimulus.

When a Strongly Conditioned CS Is Used to Make Another