Question

In general, we develop associations best if stimuli or events occur close together. Which of the following types of learning seems to happen easily, even if the events occur hours apart? A: Negative reinforcement B: Operant conditioning C: Conditioned taste aversion D: Punishment

Answer 1

By process of elimination, the answer to the above question would be C. Conditioned taste aversion.

This would be one such learning that takes place a few hours apart, and doesn't necessarily need to be an immediate response. Why? Well, for the simple reason that when conditioned taste aversion takes place, with regards to a substance, it does so after the process of ingestion, when the food begins to create a certain unpleasant feeling within the body of the organism that consumed it leading to the consequential aversion to the specific item consumed.

Although it comes under the jurisdiction of operant, for the sake of being extremely precise, conditioned taste aversion would be the answer.

The other options usually lead to an immediate learning that takes place, even though the learned behavior might be latent for a period of time, that is, it won't be displayed until an event occurs which requires the same response.