My stomach hurts so bad! I think I might throw up! Those mussels made me sick! I will never eat them or any seafood ever again!
Classic Conditioning is a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response which is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.
How are you feelin? should we go out to eat?
I feel better! Sure!
The neutral stimulus was the mussels because it did not evoke a response ( no repsonse) until it was paired with the unconditioned stimulus ( food poisoning)
Let's go get some shrimp.
Oh No! I can't!~ I can't ever eat seafood again!
Food poisoning is the unconditioned stimulus.Being sick is the unconditioned response.
How about Italian?Maybe lasagna?
Sure! Sounds Great!
The mussels are now the conditioned stimulus and the sickness is the conditioned response.
Generalization: The thought of any seafood makes him sick,not just the mussels