Deanna becomes ill several hours after eating a meal consisting of roast beef (which is highly familiar to her) and vegetable samosas (which are novel). She is more likely to develop a taste aversion to _____ as a result of _____.
A) roast beef; blocking
B) roast beef; latent inhibition
C) samosas; overshadowing
D) samosas; latent inhibition

Question

Deanna becomes ill several hours after eating a meal consisting of roast beef (which is highly familiar to her) and vegetable samosas (which are novel).  She is more likely to develop a taste aversion to _____ as a result of _____.
A) roast beef; blocking
B) roast beef; latent inhibition
C) samosas; overshadowing
D) samosas; latent inhibition

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Latent inhibition refers to the phenomenon where a familiar stimulus takes longer to acquire meaning (such as becoming associated with illness) as a new conditioned stimulus than a novel stimulus does. Since the roast beef is familiar to Deanna and the samosas are novel, she is more likely to develop a taste aversion to the samosas due to latent inhibition. This is because the novelty of the samosas makes them more likely to be associated with the illness than the familiar roast beef.

Deanna Becomes Ill Several Hours After Eating a Meal Consisting