Edward Thorndike Watched Cats Learn to Escape from Puzzle Boxes

question 57

Multiple Choice

Edward Thorndike watched cats learn to escape from puzzle boxes. Because they improved gradually over many trials, he concluded that

• A) the cats learned without developing any insight or understanding.
• B) the process required classical conditioning, not operant.
• C) the learning took place in the muscles, not the brain.
• D) the cats needed to gain many kinds of understanding before mastering the task.

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