Judy has cancer and is receiving chemotherapy at a local hospital. Her parents notice that she now rejects food that she willingly ate last week (before chemotherapy). Through the process of ________, the food is now acting as a ________.

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The situation described involves aversive conditioning because the chemotherapy may have caused nausea or vomiting, which has led Judy to reject the food. The food is acting as a conditioned stimulus because it has become associated with the negative response induced by the chemotherapy.

Judy Has Cancer and Is Receiving Chemotherapy at a Local