Chloe learned that babies who cry a lot also have trouble sleeping. When she later learned that babies who have trouble sleeping tend to be highly intelligent, she inferred that babies who cry a lot are also highly intelligent. This relationship is an example of:
A) acquired equivalence.
B) sensory preconditioning.
C) discrimination training.
D) negative patterning.

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Sensory preconditioning occurs when two stimuli are associated with each other, and learning about one leads to inferences about the other. Chloe inferred a relationship between crying and intelligence based on their shared association with sleep trouble.

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