Three-year-old Jabez has been classically conditioned to salivate to a bell. We now clap our hands and then ring the bell. Little Jabez will soon learn to salivate when we clap our hands because of
A)the law of effect.
B)shaping.
C)higher-order conditioning.
D)instrumental conditioning.

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Higher-order conditioning occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through association with an already established conditioned stimulus. In this case, the clap, initially neutral, becomes associated with the bell (the conditioned stimulus), leading Jabez to salivate to the clap.

Three-Year-Old Jabez Has Been Classically Conditioned to Salivate to a Bell