In Studies of Rats Learning to Find Their Way Through

question 26

Multiple Choice

In studies of rats learning to find their way through a maze, Tolman and Honzik found that rats that were:

• A) rewarded every day learned the maze better than rats who started receiving rewards on day 11.
• B) rewarded every day learned the maze as well as rats that were never rewarded.
• C) rewarded every day learned the maze as well as rats who started receiving rewards on day 11.
• D) never rewarded learned the maze better than rats who started receiving rewards on day 11.

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