PSY 1013 Learning: Latent Learning Quiz

Your memory for the color of the words presented in each category.

In the experiment you performed, what information was tested for latent learning?

The timing of the reinforcement.

Edward Tolman compared maze learning in rats. What was the independent variable in his study?

Learning can occur without conscious effort.

Experiments on latent learning indicate that:

Learning that is not immediately used, but saved for a later date.

Latent learning can be defined as:

Learn to perform a task after watching someone else perform the task repeatedly.

Latent learning indicates that a person can:

A husband is sent to pick up some grocery items, including lemon juice, and he remembers where the lemon juice is located in the store even though he has never purchased it before.

Which of the following is the best example of latent learning?