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LAW OF EFFECT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("law of effect" is a kind of...):
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
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