After exploring a complicated maze for several days,a rat subsequently ran the maze with very few errors when food was placed in the goal box for the first time. This performance illustrates

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The rat's successful completion of the maze with few errors only after food was placed in the goal box suggests that it had learned the layout of the maze through observation and experience, which is an example of latent learning. This is because the rat did not demonstrate its learning until a reward was introduced, indicating that the previous experience had been stored on an unconscious level. Classical conditioning involves learning through association between two stimuli, discrimination learning involves learning to respond to different stimuli in different ways, and shaping involves reinforcing progressively closer approximations to a desired behavior. None of these seem to fully explain the rat's behavior in this situation.

After Exploring a Complicated Maze for Several Days,a Rat Subsequently