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Biological Predispositions
It was once believed that conditioning occurred the same in all animals
(and therefore you could study human behavior by studying any
animal) and that you could associate any neutral stimulus with a
response. Not so. Animals have biological predispositions to
associating certain stimuli over others
Example – You eat a novel food and later get sick. You will be
conditioned to associate the taste of the FOOD with getting sick
(and thus avoid that food in the future), but NOT the music playing in
the restaurant, the plate it was served on, or the perfume your
neighbor was wearing.
It is much easier to condition someone to have a fear of snake than
of flowers.
Birds hunt by sight and will more quickly become conditioned to the
SIGHT of tainted food