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Keywords:

flavor-flavor, contingency awareness, pavlovian associations, artifactual account, odor, extinction, stimuli, acquisition, preferences, attitudes, Social Sciences, Psychology, Psychology, Multidisciplinary, FLAVOR-FLAVOR, CONTINGENCY AWARENESS, PAVLOVIAN ASSOCIATIONS, ARTIFACTUAL ACCOUNT, ODOR, EXTINCTION, STIMULI, ACQUISITION, PREFERENCES, ATTITUDES, Association Learning, Choice Behavior, Conditioning, Classical, Conditioning, Psychological, Humans, Models, Psychological, 1505 Marketing, 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, Social Psychology, 52 Psychology

Abstract:

Evaluative conditioning refers to changes in the liking of a stimulus that are due to the fact that the stimulus has been paired with other, positive or negative stimuli. Although evaluative conditioning appears to be subjected to certain boundary conditions, significant evaluative conditioning effects have been obtained using a large variety of stimuli and procedures. Some data suggest that evaluative conditioning can occur under conditions that do not support other forms of Pavlovian conditioning, and several models have been proposed to account for these differences. In the present article, the authors summarize the available literature, draw conclusions where possible, and provide suggestions for future research.