Clarence is a cat that is always fed in the same place, at the same time, every day. His food is taken out of the same cupboard before each meal, which has a particular sound when it opens that is loud enough to be noticeable. Something that makes Clarence sick somehow gets mixed in with his food bowl and he now refuses to eat any of that same brand of kibble. Even though it wasn't the kibble that made him sick, why is he acting as if it was?
A)insight
B)conditioned taste aversion
C)discrimination
D)foresight
E)instinctive drift

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Clarence has developed a conditioned taste aversion, where he associates the sickness with the specific brand of kibble he ate, despite the sickness being caused by something else. This is a form of classical conditioning where an animal learns to avoid a food that previously made it ill, even if the food was not the actual cause of the illness.

Clarence Is a Cat That Is Always Fed in the Same