Pavlov conditioned a dog to salivate at a ticking sound of a metronome that was paired with a meat stimulus.After the CS-UCS linkage was strongly established,Pavlov then presented the dog with finger snapping followed by the ticking of a metronome.After a few days,when the snapping sounds were presented alone,the dog salivated.This is an example of ___________.
A)higher-order conditioning
B)neoclassical conditioning
C)generalization
D)operant conditioning

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This is an example of higher-order or second-order conditioning, where a previously neutral stimulus (finger snapping) becomes a conditioned stimulus and elicits a conditioned response (salivation) after being paired with a previously established conditioned stimulus (metronome).

Pavlov Conditioned a Dog to Salivate at a Ticking Sound