In the classic study by Harris et al. (1933), when thiamine-deficient rats were offered 10 new diets, only one of which contained the badly needed thiamine...

(a) all of them developed an immediate preference for the thiamine-rich diet
(b) almost all of them learned to eat the thiamine-rich diet and avoid the deficient diets
(c) they were equally likely to eat each of the 10 new diets
(d) few developed a preference for the thiamine-rich diet


(d) few developed a preference for the thiamine-rich diet

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