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Who experimented with rats to demonstrate that organisms can learn even if they do not receive immediate reinforcement?

b. f. skinner edward
c. tolman ivan pavlov john
b. watson?

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The correct answer is Tolman

Edward C. Tolman proposed the latent learning theory which argues that animals can learn and do not need any explicit reinforcement to make the learning occur. In 1946 experiment, Tolman demonstrated that rats learned the layout of a maze without reinforcement.

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