Edward C. Tolman came up with an ingenious way to study a rat's thought process using the scientific method. What was his first step?
A. He divided the rats randomly into three groups: One learned the maze with a food reward at the end of the maze, another wandered the maze with no reward, and a third group wandered the maze for 10 days, but then began to receive a food reward.
B. He divided the rats randomly into three groups and trained them to run the maze with differing amounts of food reward at the end.
C. He trained all the rats in the maze before rewarding them with food.
D. He trained three groups of rats in three different mazes with food rewards at the end of the mazes.
Answer: A
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