Learning transfer refers to the ways through which prior experiences affect later learning. So that all learning involves almost the transfer of prior experiences (prior lessons) in new situations. Therefore, this study aimed to compare Mazes learning speed in learning experiences of various Mazes by investigating the role of prior experiences in the learning transfer from one stimulus (or situation) to another. Thus, 14 female rats were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Then, 14 different Mazes were designed and built for the study. The experiment was conducted in two phases, in the first phase, rat in the experimental group started gaining learning experience in Mazes 1 to 11. In the second phase, the control group gained learning experience only in Mazes 9 to 12. The results indicated that learning speed in new Mazes for both experimental and control groups significantly increased with the increase in the number of Mazes that they have experienced. In other words, with the increase in Maze experiences, learning speed also increased, but this only happened for the first and second Mazes, and after experiencing the additional Mazes, learning speed would not significantly increase. Therefore, we can say that in initial learning experiences, the amount of learning is probably more than later experiences, and as the number of experiences increase, the amount of learning is decreased until it finally reaches the asymptote. In other words, prior experiences result in the transfer of learning more than later experiences.
