A conditioned stimulus from one learning trial is used in place of an unconditioned stimulus in a new conditioning trial, where it is paired with a second conditioned stimulus. The second conditioned stimulus then comes to elicit the conditioned response, even though it has never been directly paired with the unconditioned stimulus. This is a description of a procedure called:
A)stimulus generalization training.
B)higher order conditioning or second order conditioning.
C)latent learning training.
D)the extinction procedure.

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This is a description of higher order conditioning or second order conditioning, where a conditioned stimulus from a previous learning trial is used as an unconditioned stimulus in a new conditioning trial with a second conditioned stimulus, leading to that stimulus also eliciting the conditioned response.

A Conditioned Stimulus from One Learning Trial Is Used in Place