Kohler's early studies of insight with chimpanzees led him to conclude that
a. it may involve a combination of classical conditioning and operant conditioning.
b. the reinforcement of certain behaviors must occur in order for insight to emerge.
c. it was not due to the trial-and-error learning that Thorndike had studied.
d. learning a task and later performing it well requires practice.
e. it only occurs in a few members of the primate species.
c. it was not due to the trial-and-error learning that Thorndike had studied.
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