If you wanted to condition someone to be disgusted by the sight of cake, or to be sexually aroused by the sight of cake, which of the following methods would be most effective?

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Classical conditioning would be the most effective method for either of these outcomes. By pairing the sight of cake with a negative or positive stimulus (such as a foul odor or sexual arousal), the person can be conditioned to have a negative or positive reaction to cake even after the stimulus is no longer present. Extinction, partial reinforcement, and operant conditioning do not involve the pairing of stimuli in the way that classical conditioning does, and thus would not be as effective for these specific outcomes.

If You Wanted to Condition Someone to Be Disgusted by the Sight