Tammy ate raw oysters for the first time and, four hours later, became extremely sick to her stomach. Now, the smell of oysters makes her stomach queasy. What is the US?

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Since Tammy became sick after eating raw oysters, it is likely that a bacterium or other toxin was present in the oysters, but it is not 100% certain. Therefore, the conditioned response (feeling queasy at the smell of oysters) is based on the possibility that the same toxin or bacterium is present in other oysters. It is not the smell of the oysters (A) or stomach sickness (D) that caused the conditioned response.

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