You Spend Days Wandering Aimlessly Around a Park with Many

question 190

Multiple Choice

You spend days wandering aimlessly around a park with many different paths that end at different parts of the park. One day when you arrive at the park you get a call on your cell phone from your cousin whom you haven't seen for years, and she says she is waiting for you in a particular section of the park. Even though the paths are complicated and twisted, you manage to find the shortest route to your cousin. Tolman would explain your efficient passage through the park as an example of __________

• A) spontaneous recovery.
• B) insight.
• C) the formation of a cognitive map.
• D) unconscious trial-and-error imagery.

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Definitions:

Capital Costs

Expenditures for acquiring fixed assets such as buildings, machinery, and equipment, or the costs associated with improving existing assets.

Marginal Product

The rise in production resulting from one more unit of input.

Price of Labor

The compensation workers receive for their contribution to the production process, often synonymous with wage rate.