law of effect
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Recency, then, does not explain the law of effect.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
Circumstances develop greatly the characters of men, and they sometimes rise to true greatness, or sink into baseness, according to the law of effect, of contact, and example.
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
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 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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