Rats Are Allowed to Wander Through a Maze for Several

question 144

Multiple Choice

Rats are allowed to wander through a maze for several days with no food reward at the end of it. On the tenth day, a food reward is placed at the end of the maze. Which of the following results would provide evidence for latent learning?

• A) The rats take just as long to get to the end of the maze on day 11 as they did on day 1.
• B) The rats show a gradual improvement in how quickly they reach the end of the maze from day 1 to day 11.
• C) The rats improve very little in how quickly they reach the end of the maze for the first 10 days, but dramatically improve their performance on day 11.
• D) Every day, the rats take longer and longer to get to the end of the maze.

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