Vicki once loved the taste of carrots.But after eating some carrots that had been contaminated by nausea-producing toxins,she developed a taste aversion to carrots.This best illustrates the impact of
A) latent learning.
B) classical conditioning.
C) negative reinforcement.
D) observational learning.

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The scenario described involves a conditioned taste aversion, which is a type of classical conditioning in which an organism learns to associate the taste of a certain food with illness or other negative consequences. This association can lead to a long-lasting aversion to the food, even if it was previously enjoyed.

Vicki Once Loved the Taste of Carrots