Paul Is Coming Down with the Flu,but He Eats Spaghetti

question 130

Multiple Choice

Paul 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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Definitions:

Population Size

The total number of individuals within a species that occupy a particular geographic area.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that causes allele frequencies within a population to change randomly with time due to chance events.

Natural Selection

A process by which species evolve over time as individuals with traits more suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Adaptive Evolution

The process through which populations become better suited to their environment through changes in genetic traits.