The answer has a cognitive and behavioral element. What may be reinforcing or good to us one time, may not be at another time. Latent learning is learning that takes place without the presence of reinforcement. As seen by his results, the 1lth day-reinforced rats outperformed the consistently reinforced rats. Clearly the rats were learning without being rewarded.
Equilibration is another functional invariant, present throughout the course of one's life.
It's the drive behind learning and intellectual growth. Conclusion Learning is a very complex and important topic in psychology. No one theory can account for everything in the learning process. Combining the theories with cognitive and behavioral aspects makes a much stronger theory than when the two paradigms stand alone. Humans have an active mind that processes information from the time we are born.