Your Parakeet Eats Some Cooked Spaghetti

question 230

Multiple Choice

Your parakeet eats some cooked spaghetti. Later, the parakeet gets ill. Based on evidence about the specificity of conditioned taste aversions, which of the following would your bird find most aversive in future?

• A) The location where the spaghetti was eaten.
• B) The sight of the pasta pot.
• C) The person who fed spaghetti to the bird.
• D) The smell or taste of spaghetti.

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