Shortly after Martin and his wife ate filet mignon with Béarnaise sauce, Martin fell ill with the flu. Classical conditioning occurred and Béarnaise sauce became a conditioned stimuli for nausea. The waiter, however, did not become a conditioned stimulus. According to the Garcia effect:
A) humans are primed to associate sickness with taste more readily than with sights.
B) once Martin observes another diner enjoying Béarnaise sauce then he will enjoy it too.
C) extinction occurs rapidly for food dislikes and soon Martin will enjoy Béarnaise sauce again.
D) the kindness of the waiter was sufficient to override classical conditioning.

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The Garcia effect, also known as taste aversion, suggests that humans are biologically prepared to associate sickness with taste more readily than with other stimuli such as sights or sounds. This explains why Martin associates the Béarnaise sauce with nausea, rather than the waiter or any other aspect of the meal.

Shortly After Martin and His Wife Ate Filet Mignon with Béarnaise