A Chimpanzee Is Trained to Reach a Bunch of Bananas

question 10

Multiple Choice

A chimpanzee is trained to reach a bunch of bananas suspended from the ceiling by using a ladder. On subsequent trials, the ladder is replaced with a chair and a stack of crates, placed in the room, but not directly underneath the bananas and either of which, the chimpanzee must now use to solve the problem of getting the bananas. This is an example of

• A) cognitive processing.
• B) generalization.
• C) deduction.
• D) induction.
• E) instinct.

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