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▪ On the other hand, rats in the second group were not rewarded and showed no
apparent signs of learning.
▪ But later, when these rats were reinforced, they ran through the maze as

efficiently as the rewarded group.
▪ Tolman contended that the unrewarded rats had learned the layout of the maze
early in their explorations.
▪ They just never displayed their latent learning until the reinforcement was
provided.
▪ Instead, the rats developed a cognitive map of the maze, i.e. a mental
representation of the spatial locations and directions, which they needed to
reach their goal.