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Psychologist John Garcia Conditioned Rats to Have a Taste Aversion

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Psychologist John Garcia conditioned rats to have a taste aversion to sweet-tasting water by injecting them with a drug that made them ill. Using classical conditioning terminology, what was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in this experimental situation?


A) the sweet-tasting water
B) the drug
C) getting ill in response to the drug
D) getting ill in response to the sweet-flavored water

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