A young gosling follows its mother soon after birth. If a human raises the gosling from birth, the young gosling follows a human. If no animate object is nearby at birth, the gosling fails to follow its mother or a human if either are introduced several days after birth. This behavior can best be described as
A. insight
B. associative learning
C. imprinting
D. fixed action pattern
E. trial-and-error learning
Answer: C. imprinting