Grizzly Adams is foraging for food near his mountain home and comes across some unfamiliar berries. He gingerly tries a very small portion of a berry to see if it is bitter, because the last time he ate bitter berries he became very ill. He is using which concept from classical conditioning to determine if the berries are safe for him to eat?

A. Taste aversion
B. Classical conditioning
C. Stimulus discrimination
D. Stimulus generalization


Answer: A

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