The clown claims that he just can’t make the switch between two different types of dessert brands. This must have come from association as a child, for example he might have been eating Hostess desserts since childhood. If he’s been eating them that long, then he probably associates them with good memories from that point in time, similar to the previous examples of conditioning. Blank slate also relates to the clown’s desire to bring down a garbage truck, because he believes uneaten snacks are inside. This is an example of empiricism, because he had most likely seen uneaten snacks thrown in at some point to come to that
The clown claims that he just can’t make the switch between two different types of dessert brands. This must have come from association as a child, for example he might have been eating Hostess desserts since childhood. If he’s been eating them that long, then he probably associates them with good memories from that point in time, similar to the previous examples of conditioning. Blank slate also relates to the clown’s desire to bring down a garbage truck, because he believes uneaten snacks are inside. This is an example of empiricism, because he had most likely seen uneaten snacks thrown in at some point to come to that