You get sick with the flu and vomit a few hours after you eat a roast beef sandwich.Now every time you see a roast beef sandwich you begin to feel ill.This is an example of:
A) food poisoning.
B) operant conditioning.
C) learned taste aversion.
D) innate taste aversion.

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This is an example of learned taste aversion, where an individual associates the taste of a particular food with illness or discomfort. The vomiting after eating the roast beef sandwich led to a negative association with the taste of it, causing the individual to feel ill at the sight or thought of it.

You Get Sick with the Flu and Vomit a Few