A Group of Rats Was Run Through a Maze for 12

question 6

Multiple Choice

A group of rats was run through a maze for 12 days. On days 1 through 10, there was no food reward at the end of the maze, and the rats made many errors as they slowly moved through the maze. On day 11, a food reward was placed at the end of the maze. After the food reward was introduced, the rats ran the maze very quickly and with few errors. According to psychologist _____, this experiment demonstrated a phenomenon called _____.

• A)B. F. Skinner; stimulus discrimination
• B)Edward L. Thorndike; the law of effect
• C)Albert Bandura; observational learning
• D)Edward C. Tolman; latent learning

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Definitions:

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