Tracy suffered from nausea for the first three months of her pregnancy.Because it was easy,her husband ordered Chinese take-out food three or four evenings each week.In spite of her nausea,Tracy forced herself to eat the take-out food.A year later,she and a friend walk past a Chinese restaurant and the smell of the food makes her nauseated.Which of the following explains why Tracy felt nauseated?
A) Classical conditioning
B) Instinctive drift
C) Spontaneous recovery
D) Observational learning

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Tracy's repeated experience of eating Chinese take-out food while feeling nauseated during her first trimester of pregnancy caused a learned association or conditioning between the two stimuli, resulting in classical conditioning. The smell of Chinese food later triggered the conditioned response of nausea due to this association.

Tracy Suffered from Nausea for the First Three Months of Her