On Tuesday morning, Chloe prepared her typical breakfast of corn flakes with milk and a cup of coffee. However, instead of having grapefruit with her breakfast, she tried eating guava for the first time. Later, she became extremely ill. If her illness causes her to develop a conditioned response to one of her breakfast items, the conditioned response will MOST likely be to
A)guava, because it was a novel stimulus.
B)milk, because the milk may have been sour.
C)grapefruit, because that was the one thing missing from her typical breakfast.
D)coffee, because coffee is a stimulant.

Question

On Tuesday morning, Chloe prepared her typical breakfast of corn flakes with milk and a cup of coffee. However, instead of having grapefruit with her breakfast, she tried eating guava for the first time. Later, she became extremely ill. If her illness causes her to develop a conditioned response to one of her breakfast items, the conditioned response will MOST likely be to ​
A)guava, because it was a novel stimulus.
B)milk, because the milk may have been sour.
C)grapefruit, because that was the one thing missing from her typical breakfast.
D)coffee, because coffee is a stimulant.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The principle of classical conditioning suggests that a novel stimulus (in this case, guava, which Chloe had not eaten before) is more likely to become associated with a new response, such as illness, than familiar stimuli.

On Tuesday Morning, Chloe Prepared Her Typical Breakfast of Corn