When a strongly conditioned CS is used to make another stimulus into a second CS, the effect is known as __________
A) spontaneous recovery.
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) extinction.
D) stimulus generalization.

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Higher-order conditioning occurs when a previously neutral stimulus is paired with a conditioned stimulus, resulting in the neutral stimulus becoming a conditioned stimulus itself. This process extends past the initial pairing, thus making it "higher-order" conditioning.

When a Strongly Conditioned CS Is Used to Make Another