Jon eats a hamburger that is contaminated with nasty bacteria. While eating the burger, Jon is watching an episode of the television show Small Wonder. Jon soon develops an aversion to hamburgers, but not to the television program, primarily because of ____.?
a. ?higher-order conditioning
b. ?stimulus generalization
c. ?biopreparedness
d. ?reconditioning
ANSWER:
c
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