A dog is first conditioned to salivate to a tone.Then,a light is paired with the tone for a number of trials.Finally,the light is presented alone,and the dog responds.This procedure is known as
A) chaining
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) compound conditioning.
D) sensory preconditioning.

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This procedure described is an example of higher-order conditioning, which occurs when a conditioned stimulus (the light in this case) is paired with a previously established conditioned stimulus (the tone) to produce a new conditioned response.

A Dog Is First Conditioned to Salivate to a Tone