A Conditioned Stimulus from One Learning Trial Is Used in Place

question 456

Multiple Choice

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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