Question

Last month walter became sick after eating two chili dogs, so he no longer likes chili dogs. walter has experienced ________.

a. blocking
b. conditioned taste aversion
c. operant taste conditioning
d. non-contingent conditioning

Answer 1

I think it is B) Conditioned taste aversion

Answer 2

B) Conditioned taste aversion

Step-by-step explanation:

Let´s start definying ¨conditioned taste aversion¨. is the condition or technically, the ability that starts after an animal (human included) nausea, sickness or vomiting experience after an ingestion of determined food.

It works as an adapatative trait or survival mechanism that awares the mind and body, communicating to the subject to avoid the ingest of contamined, poisoned or rotten products or aliment.

So in the mind of the person who experiences ¨conditioned taste aversion¨, some substances will be classified as health harmful or unpleasant, due the previous bad experience the same substance produced in the subject.