Your Text Describes a Latent Learning Experiment by Tolman

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.