The Chimpanzee Sultan Used a Short Stick to Pull a Longer

question 58

Multiple Choice

The chimpanzee Sultan used a short stick to pull a longer stick that was out of reach into his cage. He then used the longer stick to reach a piece of fruit. Researchers hypothesized that Sultan's discovery of the solution to his problem was the result of

• A)trial and error.
• B)heuristics.
• C)fixation.
• D)insight.

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