Last night, Gavan had a wonderful dinner of many courses.In the morning, he is so full that he cannot imagine eating.At his early morning meeting, pastries are available.Although the pastries look and smell delicious, Gavan is too full to try one.However, a few minutes later, he feels quite hungry.The best explanation for Gavan's hunger would come from
A)a failure of satiety cues.
B)poor self-regulation.
C)classical conditioning.
D)observational learning.

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Gavan's sudden feeling of hunger, despite being full earlier, can be best explained by classical conditioning. This psychological phenomenon occurs when a person develops a conditioned response (in this case, hunger) to a stimulus (the sight and smell of pastries) due to previous associations of that stimulus with eating. This is similar to Pavlov's experiments where dogs were conditioned to salivate at the sound of a bell that was previously associated with food.

Last Night, Gavan Had a Wonderful Dinner of Many Courses