Your text describes a latent learning experiment by Tolman & Gleitman (1949)in which rats learned to run a maze.What was the critical result?
A) Rats who were reinforced learned the maze more rapidly than did rats who were never reinforced.
B) Rats who were not reinforced did not learn to run the maze very efficiently.
C) An exploration period in which rats were not reinforced did not seem to have much effect on their maze learning.
D) Rats who were allowed to explore the maze before receiving reinforcement learned the maze more readily than did rats who did not explore the maze before receiving reinforcement.

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The critical result of Tolman & Gleitman's experiment was that rats who were allowed to explore the maze before receiving reinforcement learned the maze more readily than did rats who did not explore the maze before receiving reinforcement. This suggests that latent learning had taken place during the exploration period, and that the rats had formed a cognitive map of the maze that they were able to use to navigate more efficiently once reinforcement was introduced.

Your Text Describes a Latent Learning Experiment by Tolman