Question

​24.​Last year, Bill came down with the flu the night after eating clam chowder soup. For several weeks, he couldn’t think about clam chowder soup without feeling nauseated. Bill experienced:

a.

taste-aversion learning

b.

trial learning

c.

systematic desensitization

d.

Discrimination

Answer 1

Hi, thanks for posting your question, the answer to your question is a. taste aversion learning. Bill experienced taste aversion learning as right after consuming clam chowder soup, he came down with flu, which in turn made him feel nauseated even at the thought of chowder soup for several weeks after the initial flu incident. To explain further taste aversion can be conditioned and it occurs when someone associates the taste of certain food (in this example; the chowder soup) with symptoms caused by a spoiled or toxic substance. Taste aversion develops after ingestion of food that may have caused nausea or sickness.