In the 1930s, behaviourist Edward Tolman committed virtual heresy among his colleagues by noting that:
A) when his rats were on continuous reinforcement schedules they were very resistant to extinction.
B) irrational fear of heights cannot be explained through principles of classical conditioning.
C) when his rats ran a maze they seemed to pause to decide which way to go.
D) operant conditioning principles cannot account for superstitious rituals.

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Tolman's observation that rats seemed to pause and consider their options before choosing which way to turn in a maze was a direct challenge to the behaviourist doctrine of stimulus-response associations being the sole determinants of behaviour.

In the 1930s, Behaviourist Edward Tolman Committed Virtual Heresy Among