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 salivates. This procedure is known as
A)chaining .
B)higher-order conditioning.
C)compound conditioning.
D)sensory preconditioning.

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This procedure is known as higher-order conditioning, where a stimulus that was previously neutral (the light) is paired with a conditioned stimulus (the tone that already elicits salivation) until the neutral stimulus alone can elicit the response (salivation), without the original conditioned stimulus being presented.

A Dog Is First Conditioned to Salivate to a Tone