Psychology / Unit 5 Psych 0584 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Latent Learning
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The idea
Latent learning is learning that occurs without reinforcement and is not shown in behavior until there is reason to show it.
In practice
Rats allowed to wander a maze unrewarded run it as fast as trained rats once food is introduced.
Where people slip
Latent learning shows behavior and learning are not the same thing. Absence of performance is not absence of learning.
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