Serena's friends ask her to meet them at a new restaurant. She is hesitant about catching up with them because she has never been to that specific address. Serena finds her way there because she experienced ________ when driving to other addresses in that part of town.

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Serena's ability to find the new restaurant despite never having been to that specific address suggests that she has learned the layout of the surrounding area through latent learning. This means that she has acquired knowledge through observation and experience of driving to other addresses in that part of town, without any immediate rewards or punishment. Option A (negative reinforcement) and Option D (positive reinforcement) involve receiving rewards or punishments for a behavior, which is not the case here. Option B (instinctive drift) refers to animals reverting to their instinctive behavior rather than learning new behavior, and is not relevant in this scenario.

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