According to _____, a rat learning to navigate a maze will eventually acquire _____.
A)Edward C. Tolman; a cognitive map of the maze
B)Martin Seligman; learned helplessness
C)John Garcia; a taste aversion to any food eaten in the maze
D)Ivan Pavlov; a conditioned emotional response to the maze

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Edward C. Tolman proposed the concept of a cognitive map, which is a mental representation of the layout of one's environment, and he found that rats can use this map to navigate a maze. Thus, the correct answer is A. Martin Seligman is known for his work on learned helplessness, which is not applicable in this scenario. John Garcia's research focused on taste aversion learning, which occurs when an animal associates the taste of a particular food with symptoms caused by a toxin or illness, and this is not relevant to maze navigation. Ivan Pavlov's work was on classical conditioning, which involves pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to evoke a conditioned response, and this is also not applicable in this scenario.

According to _____, a Rat Learning to Navigate a Maze