When a strongly conditioned CS is used to make another stimulus into a second CS, the effect is known as ________.

A) spontaneous recovery
B) higher-order conditioning
C) extinction
D) stimulus generalization

Higher-Order Conditioning

A conditioning process in which a stimulus that previously was neutral is paired with a conditioned stimulus to produce the same conditioned response, even in the absence of the original unconditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The return of a conditioned response that had previously been eliminated, following a period where the conditioned stimulus was not presented.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response, often occurring when the reinforcement previously associated with the behavior is removed.