Grace had tartar sauce with her fish one night. The next morning she was nauseated and sick for much of the day. The next time she was offered the chance to go out for fish, she felt queasy and declined. Her queasiness at the thought of fish with tartar sauce was probably due to __________.

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Grace's queasiness at the thought of fish with tartar sauce is likely a result of a conditioned taste aversion. This occurs when a previously neutral stimulus (in this case, the tartar sauce) becomes associated with an unpleasant experience (feeling nausea and sickness) and leads to a future aversion to the food. The other options, such as higher-order conditioning, stimulus substitution, or stimulus generalization, do not fit the scenario as well as conditioned taste aversion.

Grace Had Tartar Sauce with Her Fish One Night