Psychologist John Garcia conditioned rats to have a taste aversion to sweet-tasting water by injecting them with a drug that made them ill. Using classical conditioning terminology, what was the conditioned response (CR) in this experimental situation?

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The conditioned response (CR) in this experimental situation is getting ill in response to the sweet-tasting water. This is because the rats developed an association between the sweet-tasting water and the illness caused by the drug, leading to a learned aversion to the taste of the water.

Psychologist John Garcia Conditioned Rats to Have a Taste Aversion