When Bernstein gave a novel root beer flavoured candy to cancer patients about to undergo their first chemotherapy session, patients showed a conditioned flavour aversion to
A) that type of candy only.
B) their normal food.
C) all types of candy.
D) both that type of candy and their normal food.
E) root beers generally.

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Conditioned flavor aversion occurs when an individual associates the taste of a certain food with symptoms caused by a toxic, spoiled, or poisonous substance. In this case, patients would develop an aversion to the specific type of candy (root beer flavored) given before chemotherapy, as they would associate its unique flavor with the unpleasant effects of the treatment, rather than developing an aversion to all candies, their normal food, or root beers in general.

When Bernstein Gave a Novel Root Beer Flavoured Candy to Cancer