Learning and Behaviour (PS111)

1. What happened in the flavour aversions in chemotherapy study?

Ice cream was given to patients just before they had chemotherapy. Months later 75% of patients refused to eat the same flavour ice cream as it made them nauseous (even though they knew the chemotherapy was responsible)
Ice cream was given to patients as they had chemotherapy. Months later 80% of patients refused to eat the same flavour ice cream as it made them nauseous (even though they knew the chemotherapy was responsible)
Ice cream was given to patients as they had chemotherapy. Months later 75% of patients refused to eat the same flavour ice cream as it made them nauseous (even though they knew the chemotherapy was responsible)
Ice cream was given to patients just before they had chemotherapy. Months later 80% of patients refused to eat the same flavour ice cream as it made them nauseous (even though they knew the chemotherapy was responsible)

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Because his idea rejected the stiff Stimulus - Response approaches of behaviourism and encouraged emphasis on the cognitive variables that shape behaviour
Because his ideas supported the stiff stimulus- response approach, despite the idea of cognitive variables.`
Because his idea supported the idea that purposive behaviourism was the best psychological approach
Because he showed that rats have just as good comprehension skill as humans,