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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Definitions:

Auditory Canal

A tube-like structure that leads from the outer ear to the eardrum, conducting sound waves to the eardrum.

Semicircular Canal

Structures in the inner ear involved in maintaining balance and sensing motion.

Cochlea

A spiral-shaped, fluid-filled inner ear structure responsible for transforming sound waves into electrical signals that the brain interprets as sound.

Cochlea

A spiral-shaped, fluid-filled inner ear structure that is crucial for sound transduction, leading to the perception of sound.