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latent learning

noun

psychol learning mediated neither by reward nor by the expectation of reward

Nearby words

latent gout, latent heat, latent homosexuality, latent hyperopia, latent image, latent learning, latent nystagmus, latent period, latent reflex, latent root, latent schizophrenia
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Medicine definitions for latent learning

latent learning

n.

Learning that is not the result of determined effort and is not evident at the time it occurs, but remains latent until a need for it arises.
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