The "Garcia Effect" Described in the Textbook Explains Why

question 344

Multiple Choice

The "Garcia effect" described in the textbook explains why:

• A) a type of food can become a conditioned stimulus for nausea but only when sickness immediately follows the consumption of the food.
• B) getting sick after eating a particular food can produce a conditioned response not only to the food but also to the people you're with at the time as well.
• C) animals are biologically primed to associate sickness more readily with sights and sounds than with tastes.
• D) conditioned taste aversions can occur after only one pairing of a particular food with illness.

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