Which statement about classical conditioning and food cues is true?
A) Humans are resistant to learning taste aversions because they can reason about how they became ill and thus understand the accidental nature of the food-illness pairing.
B) Animals are so prepared to acquire taste aversions that they develop food-illness associations regardless of how familiar or commonplace the food cue is.
C) In the process of recovering from an illness or a state of nutritional deficiency, humans and animals can learn to associate foods and flavors eaten during this time with a feeling of well-being, and thus they develop a preference for that food.
D) Feelings of over-satiation from high-calorie foods interfere with learning a preference for those foods.

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Classical conditioning can lead to the association of certain foods with recovery from illness or a state of nutritional deficiency, leading to a preference for those foods. This is because the body learns to associate the nutrients or relief provided by the food with a positive outcome.

Which Statement About Classical Conditioning and Food Cues Is True