Tracy Suffered from Severe Nausea for the First Three Months

question 288

Multiple Choice

Tracy suffered from severe nausea for the first three months of her pregnancy. In order to make it easier on his wife, her husband used to order Chinese take-out food three or four evenings each week. Tracy knew she had to eat in order to nourish the baby so she forced herself to eat the takeout food. When her child was six years old, he wanted to celebrate his birthday at a Chinese restaurant and Tracy became ill at the thought of eating Chinese food. For Tracy, the Chinese food had become so strongly associated with nausea that the association remained all these years later. This taste aversion is an example of

• A)Biological preparedness
• B)Classical conditioning
• C)Avoidance conditioning
• D)Operant conditioning

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