According to Wolfgang Kohler, when one of his chimps fastened two sticks together to reach a bunch of bananas, it was showing an evidence of _________________?
Correct answer: D. insight
- A. trial-and-error learning
- B. a fixed-action pattern
- C. instinctual drift
- D. insight
Explanation
Köhler interpreted the chimpanzee’s sudden use of joined sticks to reach the bananas as insight learning. The solution appeared through reorganizing the problem rather than through gradual trial and error.
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