Tolman demonstrated that rats could learn to run a maze correctly even though they were never reinforced for successfully running through it. This demonstrated that the rats called on their ________ to help them reach the end of the maze more quickly.

A. insight learning
B. latent learning
C. vicarious reinforcement learning
D. trial-and-error learning


Answer: B

Psychology

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