Research on cognitive learning in animals indicates that ________.

A) only mammals are capable of vicarious learning
B) a wide range of animals and even some insects are capable of vicarious learning
C) only primates are capable of vicarious learning
D) only humans are capable of vicarious learning

Cognitive Learning

A style of learning that involves understanding, thinking, problem-solving, and remembering, by which knowledge is gained and retained.

Vicarious Learning

Learning that occurs by observing the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors.

Insects

A vast group of arthropods characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax, abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and one pair of antennae.