Emeril has never tasted spicy shrimp. When he eats his first spicy shrimp, he smiles and decides that he really likes spicy shrimp. A few weeks after tasting the spicy shrimp for the first time, he is in a different restaurant, sees a bowl of spicy shrimp on a table next to him, and smiles. He then tells the waiter that he is going to try a new dish called spicy chicken. In this situation, _____ is best characterized as a conditioned response.

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Emeril's smile is a conditioned response because it occurs in reaction to the spicy shrimp, which he has learned to associate with a positive experience.

Emeril Has Never Tasted Spicy Shrimp