In a 12-arm radial maze, a rat makes a correct response if it visits an arm it has not previously explored.After 10 arms have been explored, the rat is most likely using which coding strategy to make the last choices?
A)introspective
B)prospective
C)retrospective
D)rehearsal

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The rat is most likely using a prospective coding strategy to make the last choices. This means that the rat is using its working memory to keep track of which arms it has already explored and which ones are still unexplored. This allows the rat to make a correct response by choosing an unexplored arm. The other options (introspective, retrospective, and rehearsal) do not accurately describe the type of processing the rat is using in this situation.

In a 12-Arm Radial Maze, a Rat Makes a Correct