You spend days wandering aimlessly around a park with many different paths that end at different parts of the park.One day when you arrive at the park,you get a call on your cell phone from your cousin whom you haven't seen for years,and she says she is waiting for you in a particular section of the park.Even though the paths are complicated and twisted,you quickly find and use the shortest route to your cousin.Tolman would explain your efficient passage through the park as an example of
A)stimulus-response theory.
B)the formation of a cognitive map.
C)observational learning.
D)social reinforcement.

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Tolman's theory of cognitive maps suggests that humans create mental representations of physical spaces, allowing them to efficiently navigate through those spaces. The efficient passage through the park, despite its many paths, supports the idea that the individual had formed a cognitive map of the park.

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