One day, on the way home from work, you decide to explore a side street that you'd passed on several occasions.You are surprised to find that it runs parallel to the expressway and realize that it could be used as an alternate route to and from work.Several weeks later, there is a major accident on your usual travel route and you remember the side street alternate route.You happily take this route home.This is an example of
A)discrimination learning.
B)latent learning.
C)operant learning.
D)associative learning.

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This is an example of latent learning, where knowledge or skills are gained but not immediately observable or demonstrated. The person did not actively seek to learn the new route, but rather stumbled upon it while exploring, and the knowledge was not used until a specific situation (the accident on the usual route) presented itself.

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