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INFERENTIAL LEARNING IN RATS: THE PROBLEM-SOLVING ASSEMBLY OF BEHAVIOR SEGMENTS

Psychologists who observe animals in complex learning problems are often distinctly impressed by the  purposeful  and goal-directed nature of the behavior which may be frequently noted after only and error learning. relatively brief period of trial For example, hungry young primates, thoroughly trained in the use of sticks as tools are known to be capable of putting several sticks together, in telescopic fashion, to reach a bunch of bananas. (1) Other animal forms which are lower on the phylogenetic scale of development have also been known to show a similar kind of adaptive behavior. Rats have been observed to solve fairly complex problems by combining several separately learned habits in order to achieve a major goal

INFERENTIAL LEARNING IN RATS: THE PROBLEM-SOLVING ASSEMBLY OF BEHAVIOR SEGMENTS

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