Asked by JACKSON HOGAN on Jun 30, 2024
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Ranchers in the western United States have successfully deterred coyotes from eating sheep using
A) hypnosis.
B) systematic desensitization.
C) vicarious conditioning.
D) conditioned taste aversions.
Conditioned Taste Aversions
A learned association between a specific taste and illness or discomfort, leading to an aversion of that taste in the future.
Systematic Desensitization
A behavioral therapy technique used to reduce phobic disorders by gradually exposing the subject to the anxiety source or its context without any danger, in order to overcome the anxiety.
Vicarious Conditioning
A method of learning behaviors through the observation of outcomes of those behaviors in others, rather than through direct experience.
- Distinguish and define principal ideas in operant and classical conditioning.
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Zybrea KnightJul 04, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
Conditioned taste aversions involve associating a negative experience (such as feeling ill) with a particular food, which then leads to an aversion or avoidance of that food in the future. Ranchers have used this technique by feeding coyotes a dead sheep that has been treated with a nausea-inducing substance, such as lithium chloride, causing the coyotes to associate the taste of sheep with feeling ill and avoiding preying on them in the future.
Learning Objectives
- Distinguish and define principal ideas in operant and classical conditioning.