As a child,Takahiro went for pizza with his parents and because he had the beginnings of a virus,he got violently sick just 10 minutes after eating two slices.For the next several years,Takahiro refused to have anything whatsoever to do with pizza.Takahiro has clearly been a victim of __________ learning.
A) gustatory repulsion
B) taste-aversion
C) nausea-induced
D) punishment motivated

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Takahiro's refusal to have anything to do with pizza indicates that he developed an aversion to pizza due to the association of the food with the negative experience of getting sick. This is an example of taste-aversion learning, where an organism learns to avoid a specific food or drink after experiencing sickness or nausea after consuming it.

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