Gale had Chinese food for the first time when she was 6. Unfortunately for Gale, she got sick from food poisoning later that night. It has been 27 years since that experience, and Gale still can't eat Chinese food. According to the research of Garcia, she has developed a(n)
A)phobia for Chinese food.
B)taste aversion.
C)operational consequence.
D)negative reinforcement.

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Gale's avoidance of Chinese food is a result of taste aversion, which occurs when an individual associates a particular food with negative feelings (in this case, food poisoning) and then avoids that food to prevent experiencing those negative feelings again. The other options (phobia, operational consequence, negative reinforcement) do not accurately describe Gale's behavior.

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