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If rats are allowed to wander through a complicated maze,they will subsequently run the maze with few errors when a food reward is placed at the end. Their good performance demonstrates

A) shaping.
B) latent learning.
C) spontaneous recovery.
D) a variable-ratio schedule.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned, becoming apparent only when there is an incentive to demonstrate it.

Variable-Ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable number of responses, often used in gambling and behavior training.

Shaping

A method used in behavior therapy and training that involves reinforcing successive approximations of a target behavior until the desired behavior is achieved.

  • Conceptualize latent learning and its significance.
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