In Wolfgang Kohlers experiments, a chimp is put in a cage containing three boxes and a banana suspended high above the animals head. After first trying to jump up to reach the banana, the chimp looks around them then stacks the three boxes so it can climb up to the banana. This is an example of _____________?

A. insight learning

B. shaping

C. latent learning

D. trial and error

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