If you get violently ill a couple of hours after eating contaminated food,you will probably develop an aversion to the taste of that food but not to the sight of the restaurant where you ate or to the sound of the music you heard there. This best illustrates that associative learning is constrained by

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This scenario illustrates biological predispositions, meaning that certain associations are more easily learned due to evolutionary factors. In this case, it is adaptive to develop an aversion to the taste of contaminated food to avoid illness in the future. However, there is no evolutionary advantage to developing an aversion to the sight of the restaurant or the music heard there.

If You Get Violently Ill a Couple of Hours After