A nurse elicits fear and anxiety as a result of being present when a child received a shot.The same nurse can now act as a conditioning stimulus, causing the child to fear a thermometer because the nurse is holding the thermometer.This is an example of
A)higher order conditioning.
B)operant conditioning.
C)spontaneous recovery.
D)vicarious conditioning.

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This scenario demonstrates higher order conditioning, where a previously neutral stimulus (the thermometer) becomes associated with a conditioned stimulus (the nurse) and elicits a conditioned response (fear and anxiety). This occurs because the nurse was originally associated with a painful or unpleasant experience (the shot), leading to a learned association between the nurse and negative feelings. The thermometer then becomes associated with the nurse and thus also elicits a fear response in the child.

A Nurse Elicits Fear and Anxiety as a Result of Being