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A Rat Is Placed in a Maze for an Hour

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A rat is placed in a maze for an hour a day for 10 consecutive days. It is allowed to explore the corridors of the maze. On the eleventh day, food is placed in the goal box. The animal learns immediately, and without errors, to run to the goal box for food. What type of learning is illustrated here?


Definitions:

Visual Preferences

The tendency to favor certain visual stimuli over others, often influenced by factors such as novelty, movement, and color.

Failure To Thrive

A condition seen in children whose current weight or rate of weight gain is much lower than that of other children of similar age and gender.

Proximodistal Development

A pattern of development in which growth starts at the center of the body and moves towards the extremities.

Brain Structures

The various parts of the brain, each responsible for different functions and processes within the body.

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