AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Studies of latent learning highlight the importance of cognitive maps. A cognitive map is visualizing the space around an environment like a blueprint.

Detailed explanation-2: -Latent learning, also known as incidental learning, is a passive type of cognitive learning.

Detailed explanation-3: -In latent learning, one changes behavior only when there is sufficient motivation later than when they subconsciously retained the information. Latent learning is when the observation of something, rather than experiencing something directly, can affect later behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -The concept of latent learning demonstrates a cognitive principle of learning, by showing that a part of the human cognition observes behavior and learns by observing without showing any immediate signs of having learnt anything. Thus the cognitive principle of observational learning is confirmed.