A farmer is being troubled by coyotes eating his sheep. In an attempt to solve the problem, he kills a sheep and laces its body with a nausea-inducing drug. He leaves the sheep out where he knows the coyotes roam. He hopes they will learn not to eat the sheep. The farmer is attempting to apply the research of ________to accomplish this.

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The farmer is attempting to apply the research of John Garcia, who studied taste aversion conditioning. The farmer is trying to create a negative association between eating the sheep and nausea, so that the coyotes will avoid eating the sheep in the future. This is an example of classical conditioning, which is a key part of Garcia's research.

A Farmer Is Being Troubled by Coyotes Eating His Sheep