- (C) Latent learning is learning that occurs in the absence of a reward even though it may not be
evidenced until a reward is present. Tolman had three groups of rats: one that was rewarded every
time they finished a maze, one that was never rewarded, and one that was only rewarded on the
second half of the trials. Tolman found that this third group performed like the unrewarded group
until the reward was introduced and then showed a tremendous improvement as soon as they could
earn a reward. He concluded that the rats had learned during the first half of the trials but simply
not had any reason to hurry to finish the maze since there was no reward; thus, their learning had
been latent or hidden.
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