If a bitter taste becomes a conditioned inhibitor then
A) it could enhance drinking of a flavor to which an aversion is conditioned.
B) bitter tastes will be much less preferred compared to water.
C) it will still taste hedonically bad.
D) it will be neither preferred nor aversive compared to water.

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A conditioned inhibitor signals the absence of an unconditioned stimulus, so if a bitter taste becomes a conditioned inhibitor for an aversive event, it could paradoxically enhance the consumption of a flavor associated with that aversion, as it signals safety from the aversive event.

If a Bitter Taste Becomes a Conditioned Inhibitor Then