What Was the Important Finding of Tolman's Latent Learning Experiments

question 102

Multiple Choice

What was the important finding of Tolman's latent learning experiments in which rats learned to run a maze

• A)Rats that were never reinforced never learned to run the maze.
• B)Rats that were never reinforced still learned to run the maze.
• C)Rats that began to receive reinforcement halfway through the experiment rapidly matched the performance of rats that had been reinforced from the beginning of the experiment.
• D)Rats that began to receive reinforcement halfway through the experiment never learned to run the maze.

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