A farmer is being troubled by coyotes eating his sheep. In an attempt to solve the problem, he kills a sheep and laces its body with a nausea-inducing drug. He leaves the sheep out where he knows the coyotes roam. He hopes they will learn not to eat the sheep. The farmer is attempting to apply the research of ________to accomplish this.

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Garcia is known for his research on taste aversion and how it can be learned through classical conditioning. In this situation, the farmer is attempting to use a nausea-inducing drug to create an association between the taste of sheep and feeling sick, which would deter the coyotes from eating the sheep in the future. This is an example of classical conditioning based on Garcia's research. The other options (A) Bandura, (B) Skinner, (C) Tolman, and (E) Seligman's research, do not directly relate to the farmer's situation.

A Farmer Is Being Troubled by Coyotes Eating His Sheep