Conditioned taste aversions demonstrate:
A) the power of punishment to suppress behavior.
B) that certain stimuli are easier to associate than others.
C) that any neutral stimulus is capable of becoming a conditioned stimulus.
D) that the interval between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus must be only a few seconds, or classical conditioning will not occur.

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Conditioned taste aversions demonstrate that certain stimuli (in this case, taste) are easier to associate with the unconditioned stimulus (in this case, nausea) than others. This is because humans and animals are biologically predisposed to learning certain associations, such as those related to survival. This is different from traditional classical conditioning, where any neutral stimulus can become a conditioned stimulus with repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Taste Aversions Demonstrate