Nikolaos's dog is smart.His dog has learned that when Nikolaos grabs the leash,this means they're going outside and he gets very excited.Within a week,his dog realized that before Nikolaos grabs the leash,he puts his shoes on,and now he gets excited every time Nikolaos puts on his shoes.This is an example of what type of learning?
A) higher-order conditioning
B) extinction
C) stimulus discrimination
D) spontaneous recovery

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This is an example of higher-order conditioning because the dog learned to associate the sound of putting on shoes with the impending walk, even though shoes were initially unrelated to the walk. The dog essentially learned to respond to a cue that was associated with the original conditioned stimulus (the leash).

Nikolaos's Dog Is Smart