The Idea That Behaviours Followed by a "Satisfying State of Affairs

question 457

Multiple Choice

The idea that behaviours followed by a "satisfying state of affairs" tend to be repeated and those that produce an "unpleasant state of affairs" are less likely to be repeated is known as:

• A)Pavlov's law of law of classical conditioning.
• B)Thorndike's law of effect.
• C)Garcia's theory of evolutionary conditioning.
• D)Tolman's theory of latent learning.

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