At dinner Ming Yan eats several familiar foods (pasta,salad,bread)and an unfamiliar food (deep fried cheese curds).Later that evening she suffers abdominal discomfort.She attributes this to the deep fried cheese curds,but later learns that she had developed a sensitivity to gluten.Her misattribution of the problem to the deep fried cheese curds is likely due to ____.
A)latent inhibition
B)discrimination
C)habituation
D)sensitization

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Ming Yan's misattribution is likely due to latent inhibition, which is the phenomenon where a familiar stimulus (such as the pasta, salad, and bread) can inhibit the learning of a new association (such as her gluten sensitivity). This can lead to misattribution of symptoms to a new, unfamiliar stimulus (such as the deep fried cheese curds).

At Dinner Ming Yan Eats Several Familiar Foods (Pasta,salad,bread)and an Unfamiliar