When a conditioned response is established to a conditioned stimulus by virtue of its association with another conditioned stimulus, the process is called ________.
A)spontaneous recovery
B)higher-order conditioning
C)extinction
D)stimulus generalisation

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Higher-order conditioning is the process by which a conditioned stimulus is linked to a second neutral stimulus, thereby producing the same conditioned response as the original conditioned stimulus. This means that a conditioned response is established to a new stimulus that is not intrinsically meaningful but has become associated with a conditioned stimulus already associated with the unconditioned stimulus.

When a Conditioned Response Is Established to a Conditioned Stimulus