Rats That Traversed a Maze for 10 Consecutive Days with No

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Multiple Choice

Rats that traversed a maze for 10 consecutive days with no reward showed no evidence of learning the maze.When reinforcement was provided beginning on the 11th day,Tolman reported that these rats:

• A)were unable to effectively master the maze over the next week due to learned helplessness.
• B)slowly started to learn the maze over the next week,as long as reinforcement was provided each day.
• C)immediately demonstrated mastery of the maze.
• D)slowly started to learn the maze over the next week,even if reinforcement was discontinued.

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