The study was designed to test the hypothesis that persistent performance errors which cannot be attributed to incomplete learning may be exploratory responses. As hypothesized, both latency and error scores were higher for Ss having access to the complex cul in the T maze than Ss denied access, and Ss 22 hr. hungry performed better than Ss 10 hr. hungry. The data suggest however that hunger neither “inhibits” not “facilitates” exploration but each drive source may elicit competing or complementary responses.
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