If Taste Aversion Learning Produces a Visceral, Noncognitive Association That

question 72

Multiple Choice

If taste aversion learning produces a visceral, noncognitive association that changes the hedonic value of a flavor, then

• A) increasing or decreasing the intensity of the US after taste aversion has been learned should increase or decrease the strength of the aversion.
• B) adapting the subject to the training US by making it less pleasant or aversive after the taste aversion has been learned should not affect the strength of the taste aversion.
• C) once a taste aversion or taste preference has been learned, it should be impossible to change the hedonic value of the flavor.
• D) we should see a differences in the rates and strength of conditioning in human versus nonhuman animals.

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