Question

latent learning is best described by which of the following?

innate responses of an organism preventing new learning and associations.

response patterns that become extinguished gradually over time

unconscious meaning that is attributed to new response patterns

learning that occurs in the absence of reward

delayed responses that occur when stimuli are paired with familiar ones

Explanation:

Latent learning is a form of learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned. It is learning that is not immediately expressed in an overt response. It occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned. For example, a rat might learn the layout of a maze without being rewarded (i.e., no food at the end of the maze). But when a reward is introduced later, the rat can immediately navigate the maze to get the reward, showing that learning (latent learning) had occurred in the absence of reward.

• The first option about innate responses preventing new learning is incorrect as latent learning is about learning that can happen, not prevention.
• The second option about response patterns extinguishing is about extinction (in operant or classical conditioning) not latent learning.
• The third option about unconscious meaning is more related to some aspects of psychoanalytic - inspired learning theories (not latent learning).
• The fifth option about delayed responses when stimuli are paired is more in the realm of classical conditioning (like delayed conditioning) not latent learning.

Answer:

Learning that occurs in the absence of reward.