Your Text Describes a Latent Learning Experiment by Tolman

question 429

Multiple Choice

Your text describes a latent learning experiment by Tolman & Gleitman (1949) in which rats learned to run a maze.What was the critical result?

• A) Rats who were reinforced learned the maze more rapidly than did rats who were never reinforced.
• B) Rats who were not reinforced did not learn to run the maze very efficiently.
• C) An exploration period in which rats were not reinforced did not seem to have much effect on their maze learning.
• D) Rats who were allowed to explore the maze before receiving reinforcement learned the maze more readily than did rats who did not explore the maze before receiving reinforcement.

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