Darren had eaten a cheeseburger right before he felt extremely nauseous from the flu. Now, every time Darren smells a cheeseburger he feels nauseous. In this scenario, what is Darren experiencing?

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Darren is experiencing conditioned taste aversion, where he associates the smell of cheeseburgers with feeling nauseous due to a previous experience of eating one before getting sick. This is a form of classical conditioning where an organism learns to associate a particular food with an adverse event.

Darren Had Eaten a Cheeseburger Right Before He Felt Extremely