If conditional stimulus pairs with reinforcer, and then second stimulus pairs with first stimulus and reinforcer, animals do not later respond to only second stimulus {blocking effect}. Low attention, little surprise, or looking for likely cause can cause blocking effect. However, cognition can prevent conjunctions from causing associations.
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