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law of effect
A proposition formulated by the US psychologist Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949) in his book Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies (1911) as follows: ‘Of several responses made to the same ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
A law which states that, in learning, the more frequently a stimulus and response are associated with each other, the more likely the particular response will follow the stimulus. The law ...
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Thorndikes stimulus–response theory of learning
A theory that proposes that all learning consists primarily of the strengthening of the relationship between the stimulus and the response. In developing this theory, Thorndike proposed three laws: ...
