sultan, one of the brightest of the early chimpanzees used for psychological research, was tested by gestalt psychologist wolfgang kÃ¶hler. sultan is particularly recognized for his insight in solving numerous problems, including stacking or manipulating boxes to reach a reward and use of two sticks as a unit to rake food to a reachable distance. while other chimpanzees in kÃ¶hler's study were also quite adept at problemsolvingânamely, obtaining an out-of-reach fruit suspended above a playground or perched just beyond arm's reach outside the bars of a cageâsultan proved to be peculiarly advanced. he and his peers were also known to stack crates to reach the fruit, and even scramble up a hastily balanced stick to grab the banana before falling back down.wolfgang kohler muskingum university. chimpanzees helped kÃ¶hler to prove that animals are capable of learning beyond simple trial and error, and that, given the right conditions, many speciesâparticularly the more "human" species of primatesâwill demonstrate a deeper understanding of the constituents of a problem. for example, several chimpanzees who had proven capable of reaching the banana via a stack of crates found that in a crateless room, a table or chair worked to meet the same end. ==references== 
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