Many People Have Learned to Dislike a Food After Eating

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Essay

Many people have learned to dislike a food after eating it and falling ill. Psychologist Martin Seligman reported how he was conditioned to hate Béarnaise sauce. Explain how this conditioning took place. In what way does his experience illustrate the role that biological priming plays in this type of conditioning? What food do you dislike? Analyze whether your reaction to this food could have been formed through conditioning.

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Definitions:

Estimated Regression Line

A line calculated from the data that best fits the relationship between the independent variable(s) and the dependent variable, used to predict the value of the dependent variable from the independent variable(s).

Slope

The steepness of a line on a graph, representing the rate of change, calculated as the rise divided by the run between two points on the line.

Intercept

The value of the dependent variable when all independent variables in a model are set to zero.

Independent Variable

A variable that is manipulated or changed in an experiment to test its effects on a dependent variable.