Question

Tolman's research on rats learning mazes challenged operant conditioning principles by demonstrating that rats developed _______ when they learned a maze

Answer 1

He demonstrated that rats developed latent learning. Rats can learn a maze simply by exploring it. They demonstrate this learning when rewarded with food. Tolman challenges that rats and therefore people can learn without having to show that learning to others. His experiment states differences between what is learned and what is shown. Rats and people can no more than they let on, in layman's terms.