A rat had one bad experience with a poisoned food that caused it to become sick. This rat will now avoid that food due to a behavior known as:
A) classical conditioning.
B) habituation.
C) imprinting.
D) insight.
E) operant conditioning.

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The rat's behavior is an example of operant conditioning, where it learns to avoid the food that made it sick due to the negative consequence (illness) it experienced.

A Rat Had One Bad Experience with a Poisoned Food