Edward Thorndike Assumed That Animals Were Able to Escape His

question 98

Multiple Choice

Edward Thorndike assumed that animals were able to escape his puzzle box because:

• A) they eventually gained insight into how to solve the problem.
• B) the response costs for ineffective action eventually became too high.
• C) they used trial-and-error and slowly eliminated ineffective responses.
• D) they eventually were able to discriminate the conditioned stimulus sufficiently.

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