law of effect
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Can the law of effect be interpreted as an instance of the sub-law of recency?
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth
This species of composition which the law of effect points out as the perfect one, is the one which high genius tends naturally to produce.
From The Philosophy of Style by Herbert Spencer
The second great law of habit formation is the law of effect.
From How to Teach by George Drayton Strayer
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 George Drayton Strayer
Turning now to consider figures of speech, we may equally discern the same general law of effect.
From The Philosophy of Style by Herbert Spencer
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