In a Classic Experiment, Two Groups of Rats Explored a Maze

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Multiple Choice

In a classic experiment, two groups of rats explored a maze with the first group being rewarded with food at the end of the maze, while the second group wandered the maze but were unrewarded and showed no signs of learning. Later, when the second group was rewarded with food at the end of the maze, this second group of "uneducated" rats

• A)only then began to learn the maze.
• B)learned the maze but always showed a much slower completion time as compared to the first group.
• C)ran the maze as quickly as the first group.
• D)never learned the maze until numerous feeding trials were utilized.

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