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law of effect

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noun

  1. psychol another name for Thorndike's law See Thorndike

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The law of effect must work as well as the law of exercise, if the results are to be satisfactory.

From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton

Can the law of effect be interpreted as an instance of the sub-law of recency?

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

Turning now to consider figures of speech, we may equally discern the same general law of effect.

From The Philosophy of Style by Spencer, Herbert

The second great law of habit formation is the law of effect.

From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton

The law of effect is a statement of fact, but the question is whether it is an ultimate fact, or whether it can be explained as a special case of the law of exercise.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

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