Ants following a trail to the sugar bowl in your kitchen are doing so because of

A. an innate knowledge of where the sugar can be found.
B. a dance done by an ant in the anthill.
C. chance alone.
D. operant conditioning.
E. a pheromone pathway laid down by previous ants.


Answer: E

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