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

A) latent learning

Explanation:

Description: Latent learning is the subconscious retention of information without reinforcement or motivation. In latent learning, one changes behavior only when there is sufficient motivation later than when they subconsciously retained the information