A person gets sick with the flu and vomits. It so happens that shortly before, she had eaten a roast beef sandwich. Now every time she sees a roast beef sandwich, she begins to feel ill. This is an example of:
A)food poisoning.
B)operant conditioning.
C)learned taste aversion.
D)innate taste aversion.

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This is an example of learned taste aversion, where an individual associates the taste of a certain food with a negative reaction, such as illness, after a single experience.

A Person Gets Sick with the Flu and Vomits