After eating a brightly coloured frog for the first time and subsequently vomiting, a bird learns not to eat brightly coloured frogs. This avoidance is due to
A)associative learning.
B)cognitive learning.
C)spatial learning.
D)imprinting.
E)social learning.

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The avoidance behavior learned by the bird is the result of associative learning, specifically classical conditioning. The brightly coloured frog served as a conditioned stimulus that was associated with the unconditioned response of vomiting, leading to the learned avoidance of that type of prey.

After Eating a Brightly Coloured Frog for the First Time