You have conditioned your dog to lay down at the sound of a bell.Now the sound of the bell is paired with a green light.Later the dog lays down when you present the green light alone.This type of learning is best described as
A) classical conditioning.
B) operant conditioning.
C) stimulus discrimination.
D) higher-order conditioning.

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This scenario describes higher-order conditioning. The initial conditioning (bell sound paired with laying down) is classical conditioning, but the pairing of the green light with the bell sound strengthens the association between the bell sound and laying down. Eventually, the green light alone becomes a conditioned stimulus for laying down, even though it was never directly paired with laying down. This is an example of higher-order conditioning, where a previously neutral stimulus (the green light) becomes a conditioned stimulus through its association with another conditioned stimulus (the bell sound).

You Have Conditioned Your Dog to Lay Down at the Sound