The present investigation was designed to test the findings of Spence and Lippitt that rats trained under a given strong drive failed to learn a response to an inappropriate goal object although the number of experiences with the object was, by the criterion of mere frequency, sufficient for learning. 20 naive, albino rats ([male] [male]) were given 8 days of training under 23 hrs. of water deprivation in a rectangular maze in which the animals turned left through a short path to water and right by a long path to water through an additional goal box. For half the animals, the O-Group, the 2d box was empty. For the other half, the F-Group, the box contained food. The F-Group learned the water-going response more rapidly than did the O-Group. When motivation was changed to hunger, all animals continued to take the turn to water and the F-Group showed no superiority in learning the food-going response. These results are in general agreement with those of Spence and Lippitt.