3442PsychologyMedium
Taste aversions are a type of classical conditioning, and if there is a long delay between the CS and US, conditioning is usually prevented. The fact that people and animals can be develop taste aversions even though sickness occurs long after eating indicates that:
Ataste aversions can be unlearned as well
Bthere is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier
Cthere is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place
Dtaste aversions are really more like operant conditioning
Correct answer
B. there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier
Explanation
The correct answer is there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier.