AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The maze bright rats could navigate the maze without any real problem whereas the maze dull rats would find the entire experiment near impossible to complete.

Detailed explanation-2: -While Tryon’s results showed that the “bright” rats made significantly fewer errors in the maze than the “dull” rats did, the question exists of what other sensory, motor, motivational, and learning processes also influenced the results of the experiment.

Detailed explanation-3: -two groups of rats that were separated based on their performance in a standardized maze problem. Those that performed best were bred with each other, as were those that performed most poorly.

Detailed explanation-4: -The maze-bright rats were expected to show some evidence of learning during the first day of running and that performance should rapidly increase thereafter. In contrast, students assigned the maze-dull rats should find on average very little evidence of learning in these rats.