in class today I'll be discussing how we form our impressions of food first let's review the five senses that contribute to our perceptions of everything around us remember those senses are sight smell hearing touch and taste immediately most of us think of taste as the primary sense that affects our impression of foods and whether or not we like them however think about the information we get before we even put food in our mouths it may be that other senses are more reliable let's start with some typical experiences imagine I'm a student home for vacation I've just finished my final exams and wake up anxious for a homemade breakfast probably while I'm lying in bed I smell the coffee the smell actually helps me get out of bed perhaps I heard my father grinding the coffee beans first I assume that coffee will be better than the instant coffee I make in my dorm room so here the smell has influenced my impression of the coffee even before I taste it do you think you can form a negative impression of a food from hearing its name well ask yourself if your first impression of A Fish Called spotted weak fish or big mouth sleeper is a positive one they do not sound very appetizing do they that's one way hearing might influence the foods we select and of course just the sound of food cooking such as a sizzling stir-fry can make our mouths water touch and sight also play a role while some people love sushi others refused to eat it because they don't like the way it feels in their mouths some Eaters say that a lot of food piled on a plate makes them lose their appetite others may be suspicious of Ebola meat covered with a sauce they are not familiar with now many menus show pictures of food chefs are worried about the presentation if the plate looks beautiful we believe that the food will be delicious now let's get back to the sense that we all thought was the most important taste you can see that many other senses have come into play before we actually taste the food the food may taste better or worse than we thought based on the way it sounded looked felt or smelled did we make a snap judgment so maybe taste is not the most important sense in creating our first impressions it just confirms them and of course taste may influence our future choices we may decide we love Thai food because it is spicy or we hate English food because it isn't I'll end with an interesting example the durian and Asian fruit has a sharp pointy exterior and an awful smell however many are able to get past their first impressions and enjoy the taste of this unusual fruit

The speaker believes that_.



 a.
many senses contribute to our first impressions of food

 b.
sight is becoming less important in our impressions of food

 c.
our first impressions of food are based on taste
a.\nmany senses contribute to our first impressions of food