Taste Aversion
Taste aversion occurs when a person becomes unwell after eating a food substance. Even if one is aware that the true cause of the illness is a virus rather than the meal, it might still occur since the body thinks that the food was not excellent and therefore the substance becomes unappealing to the individuals. The majority of people develop taste aversion after a few hours of eating the dish, but others experience it in less than an hour. Taste aversions are the perfect examples of classical conditioning as the earlier neutral stimulus, which is food, gets paired with the unconditioned stimulus that is illness thus leading to the unconditioned response of the feeling of being sick (Fleming, 2013).
Retraining the Brain for Taste Aversion
From the one instance pairing, the food then becomes a conditioned stimulus that leads to the conditioned response of evading the food. Taste aversion can go for days to many years, and the best ways to avoid the response is by retraining the brain so as to have a current, encouraging connection with the food. People can also prepare food in different ways to become attractive to the eyes, and also by having a repeated real exposure to the foodstuff (Fleming, 2013).
Arousal and Hostility
Arousal is the experience of increased physiological activity and when heightened, can leads to hostility in rejoinder to aggravation or frustration. People can usually experience increased arousal in different forms daily for instance while driving to the supermarket before its closure and a pedestrian crosses the road without looking, and the car misses him or her slightly. The heart begins to pound loudly, but fortunate enough, the accident does not occur. Upon reaching the supermarket, the parking space is full, and one has to wait while time is running out and after managing to park and heading to the security check a man in front is taking time and is not even conversant with the rules which cause a feeling of anger and irritation. In such a case, an arousal can make an individual lose self-control and even start hurling abuses at both the security officer and the man in front because of the delay.
References
Fleming, A. (2013, June 18). Food aversions: why they occur and how you can tackle them | Life and style | The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/jun/18/food-aversions-why-occur-how-tackle
