Felix Is Coming Down with the Flu, but He Eats

question 257

Multiple Choice

Felix is coming down with the flu, but he eats spaghetti anyway and subsequently becomes violently ill. A month later he sees that spaghetti is being served in the dining hall and is overcome by nausea. What type of learning is illustrated by this episode?

• A) operant conditioning
• B) cognitive learning
• C) latent learning
• D) classical conditioning

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