Psychologist John Garcia Conditioned Rats to Have a Taste Aversion

question 181

Multiple Choice

Psychologist John Garcia conditioned rats to have a taste aversion to sweet-tasting water by injecting them with a drug that made them ill. Using classical conditioning terminology, what was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in this experimental situation?

• A)the sweet-tasting water
• B)the drug
• C)getting ill in response to the drug
• D)getting ill in response to the sweet-flavored water

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