After eating a foot-long spicy chili dog at the homecoming game, your friend becomes violently ill.Now he cannot stand to eat chili, but still loves hot dogs.His ability to eat hot dogs was likely spared because of

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Overshadowing occurs when a more salient stimulus in a compound is given more attention by the organism and thus has a greater effect on conditioning. In this case, the spiciness of the chili may have been the more salient stimulus compared to the hot dog, leading to a stronger association with illness. As a result, the friend's aversion to chili may have overshadowed any conditioning towards hot dogs.

After Eating a Foot-Long Spicy Chili Dog at the Homecoming