After discovering that her usual route home was closed due to road repairs,Sharetta used her knowledge of the city and sense of direction to find an alternate route. This is an example of

A) latent learning.
B) generalization.
C) shaping.
D) using a cognitive map.

Cognitive Map

A mental representation of one's physical environment, facilitating navigation and understanding of spatial relationships.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement and is not demonstrated until there is an incentive to do so.