A farmer is being troubled by coyotes eating his sheep. In an attempt to solve the problem, he kills a sheep and laces its body with a nausea-inducing drug. He leaves the sheep out where he knows the coyotes roam. He hopes they will learn to not eat the sheep after they become sick from the bait he leaves. The farmer is attempting to apply the principle of _________ to accomplish this.
A) observational learning
B) latent learning
C) instrumental conditioning
D) conditioned taste aversions

Question

A farmer is being troubled by coyotes eating his sheep. In an attempt to solve the problem, he kills a sheep and laces its body with a nausea-inducing drug. He leaves the sheep out where he knows the coyotes roam. He hopes they will learn to not eat the sheep after they become sick from the bait he leaves. The farmer is attempting to apply the principle of _________ to accomplish this.
A) observational learning
B) latent learning 
C) instrumental conditioning
D) conditioned taste aversions

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The farmer is using the principle of conditioned taste aversions by lacing the sheep with a nausea-inducing drug. This will create an association between eating the sheep and feeling sick, causing the coyotes to avoid the sheep in the future.

A Farmer Is Being Troubled by Coyotes Eating His Sheep