In his studies of learning in rats, Tolman sought to demonstrate that animals could learn facts about the world that they could subsequently use in a flexible manner, rather than simply learning automatic responses that were triggered off by environmental stimuli.
在他对小白鼠学习的研究中，托尔曼寻求论证动物能够学习关于世界的事实 它们能够后来在更灵活的意义上使用，而不是仅仅学习环境刺激后产生自动反应。