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law of effect

DEFINITIONS OF: law of effect

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n (psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated whereas behavior that leads to bad consequences is not repeated

Type of:
law, law of nature
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
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