When Jeremy was camping with his family as a child,they ate pea soup for lunch one day and then he became violently ill that evening.To this day,Jeremy gags at the thought of eating pea soup,and he can't stand even the smell of it.What is unique about this type of classical conditioning?
A) It was the first type of classical conditioning examined by Pavlov with his dogs.
B) It doesn't require a salient CS or US for conditioning to occur.
C) Conditioning occurs with a long CS-US interval and just one pairing.
D) It is actually a combination of classical and operant conditioning.

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This type of classical conditioning is unique because it can occur with just one pairing of the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (US), even if there is a long interval between the CS (eating pea soup) and the US (becoming ill). This is known as one-trial learning, which is particularly common with food aversions, as in Jeremy's case.

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