John is a sheep rancher in Montana who wants to discourage predators from going after his sheep. He placed sheep meat with a nausea-inducing chemical; after eating it just one or two times,

coyotes and wolves still ran up to lambs, but instead of attacking, they retreated, hid, and vomited. They had developed a _________ to sheep.
a. unconditioned aversion
b. conditioned aversion
c. preference condition
d. conditioned preference


Answer: b

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