Thorndike's idea that responses that brought about positive outcomes would likely be repeated is called
a. the law of Skinner.
b. the law of conditioning.
c. the law of direct.
d. the law of protect.
e. the law of effect.
e. the law of effect.
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Your textbook's summary of infant memory described a research study in which 3-month-old White babies looked repeatedly at one photo, of either a White woman or an Asian woman. Then the babies saw this same photo placed next to a photo of an unfamiliar woman, from the same racial category. What results did the researchers find?
a. If the babies had initially seen a photo of a White woman, they then looked more at the photo of an unfamiliar White woman b. If the babies had initially seen a photo of a White woman, they then looked less at the photo of an unfamiliar White woman c. If the babies had initially seen a photo of an Asian woman, they then looked more at the photo of an unfamiliar Asian woman d. If the babies had initially seen a photo of an Asian woman, they then looked less at the photo of an unfamiliar Asian woman