In a classic experiment, two groups of rats explored a maze with the first group being rewarded with food at the end of the maze,
while the second group wandered the maze but were unrewarded and showed no signs of learning. But later, when the "uneducated" rats were given food, they ran the maze as quickly as the rewarded group. The unrewarded animals had nevertheless learned their way around the maze, which demonstrated a type of learning referred to as
a. classical conditioning.
b. respondent conditioning.
c. latent learning.
d. instrumental learning.
ANSWER: c
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a. is a result of the Alzheimer's disease b. are partly the cause of Alzheimer's disease c. are byproducts of acetylcholine d. are byproducts of dying glial cells
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A. She cannot have more than three children. B. She must have a working spouse and not be in a single female-headed household. C. She must be able to seek physical and emotional support from others. D. She can only work part-time or only part of the year.
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