Which researcher demonstrated latent learning by running unrewarded rats through a maze?
AWolfgang Köhler in his chimpanzee enclosure studies
BEdward Tolman in his maze studies of rats
CB.F. Skinner in his pigeon Skinner box studies
DAlbert Bandura in his Bobo doll film studies
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Edward Tolman in his maze studies of rats
1. The chapter introduces latent learning as a second cognitive form of learning.
2. Tolman put two groups of rats in a maze and gave them opportunity to explore.
3. One group found food at the end and quickly learned the maze.
4. The second group was not rewarded and showed no apparent learning.
5. When this second group was later reinforced, they ran the maze as efficiently as the rewarded group.
6. Hence latent learning is associated with Edward Tolman.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Psychology Ch 5 "Learning", p. 87, Latent Learning_
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