Almost every weekend you wander aimlessly through the mall not paying too much attention to the stores. When another shopper asks you where a particular store is and you know exactly where to direct them, you have demonstrated ________.

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Tolman's latent learning refers to learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement or immediate demonstration of that knowledge, but which is revealed later when it is needed. In this scenario, knowing the location of a store without consciously trying to learn it, and being able to recall this information when asked, is an example of latent learning.

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