Gestalt & Insight Learning
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With reference to 'Cognitive Theories of Learning', which of the following statements is most appropriate and true regarding the scientific nature of 'Latent Learning', 'Cognitive Maps', and 'Expectancy Theory' under Edward Tolman's 'Sign-Gestalt Learning Theory', and their comparative interrelationships with Wolfgang Koehler's 'Insight Theory'?
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Edward C. Tolman's 'Sign-Gestalt Learning Theory' (or Purposive Behaviorism) is a unique combination of behaviorism and Gestalt psychology. According to Tolman, an organism creates a mental blueprint of relationships between signs and goals in its environment, called 'Cognitive Maps'. His famous rat-and-maze experiments gave rise to the concept of 'Latent Learning', according to which learning can occur without any immediate reward or reinforcement (i.e., it happens internally), but its performance is not manifested until proper motivation or reward is provided. Therefore, option (b) perfectly and truly defines the scientific nature and interrelationships of this theory.
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