Edward Thorndike Assumed That Animals Were Able to Escape His

Multiple Choice

Edward Thorndike assumed that animals were able to escape his puzzle box because:

A) they eventually gained insight into how to solve the problem.
B) the response costs for ineffective action eventually became too high.
C) they used trial-and-error and slowly eliminated ineffective responses.
D) they eventually were able to discriminate the conditioned stimulus sufficiently.