Jenna needs to figure out a way to stop the pencil from rolling off of the desk as she works, as one of the legs is uneven, and the desk slopes. She doesn't have a pen cup, but after thinking for a just a moment and looking at her desk, she grabs a book from the left and puts it to the side of the pencil to stop it from rolling. Jenna has used what to solve this problem?
A) insight
B) observational learning
C) latent learning
D) a cognitive map

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Jenna used insight to solve the problem, as she quickly came up with a solution based on her understanding of the situation and her surroundings. Observational learning involves learning from watching others, latent learning is learning that occurs without an immediate reward or reinforcement, and a cognitive map is a mental representation of the layout of one's environment. None of these accurately describes the way Jenna solved the problem.

Jenna Needs to Figure Out a Way to Stop the Pencil