The Creation of the Maze Apparatus

question 25

Multiple Choice

The creation of the maze apparatus

• A)a) required the presence of scientists (Small and Kline)with "prepared" minds (i.e., they knew about rat behavior)
• B)was not creative because it merely copied the human version
• C)is an example of following authority (i.e., lab director Sanford imposed his will)
• D)resulted from a desire to produce a laboratory situation unrelated to the rat's everyday experience (that way, learning could be studied in its purest form)

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