Question

John Watson's studies of rats running through mazes demonstrated that rats had learned to use their _____ to navigate. A. automatic set of motor habits B. whiskers C. vision and hearing D. sense of smell

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter A

Rat labyrinths concluded that the only important factors in the formation of learned associations were kinesthetic impressions, combined with certain other intra-organic impressions. That is, the animals were learning to associate sequences of muscle movements to the turns of the labyrinth.

Kinesthetic sense  allows the perception of movement or rest of the body. It provides information about the relative positions of the limbs and other parts of the body during movements and about muscle tensions.

Answer 2

Answer: A) automatic set of motor habits

Explanation:

Motor habits are the characteristics that is invoked spontaneously in anyone because they become persistent with the repeated event and learn to respond to that accordingly.The automatic learned behavior becomes a habit.

According to the question, rats ability to run through maze is motor habit's automatic set due to which rats learns to cross the maze as repetition of the same phenomena.

Other options are incorrect because vision, smelling sense, hearing sense and whiskers are not responsible for the skill that is induced for responding to situations after being habitual to the event.Thus, the correct option is option(A).