"If a response is followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated. If a response is followed by an unpleasant consequence, it will tend not to be repeated." This is a statement of ________________
a) the law of positive reinforcement
b) Rescorla's cognitive perspective
c) Thorndike's Law of Effect
d) Garcia's conditional emotional response
ANS: C, Thorndike's Law of Effect speaks to both pleasurable and unpleasurable consequences of behavior.
Psychology
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