Cats received a fish reward whenever they maneuvered themselves out of an enclosed puzzle box. With successive trials,the cats escaped from the box with increasing speed. This illustrates

A) latent learning.
B) the law of effect.
C) respondent behavior.
D) spontaneous recovery.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without immediate reinforcement and is not demonstrated until there is an incentive to perform.

Law of Effect

A principle in psychology stating that responses closely followed by satisfaction will become firmly attached to the situation and therefore more likely to recur in similar situations.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of lessened response.