In their study of three groups of rats in a maze,Tolman and Honzik noted that _______________ occurs without obvious reinforcement.
A)operant conditioning
B)classical conditioning
C)latent learning
D)successive approximation

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Tolman and Honzik's study demonstrated that the rats had learned the layout of the maze through their own exploration, even without immediate reinforcement, a process they referred to as "latent learning." This contradicted the prevailing belief in behaviorism at the time, which held that all learning required direct reinforcement. Operant conditioning (A) and classical conditioning (B) both involve direct reinforcement or association with a stimulus, whereas successive approximation (D) refers to shaping behavior by rewarding successive approximations towards a desired behavior. None of these terms accurately describe the phenomenon observed in Tolman and Honzik's study.

In Their Study of Three Groups of Rats in a Maze,Tolman