People's preferences for sweet tastes are ________,and their preferences for excessively salty tastes are ________.

A) needs; incentives
B) incentives; needs
C) universal; learned
D) learned; universal

Sweet Tastes

The sensory experience perceived by taste receptors on the tongue in response to the presence of sugar or other sweet substances.

Salty Tastes

A basic taste sensation experienced when sodium ions are present in the food or substance being consumed.

Universal

A term applied to concepts, conditions, or principles that are thought to be applicable to all instances or in all cases.