From His Observations of Cats Escaping from a "Puzzle Box

question 52

Multiple Choice

From his observations of cats escaping from a "puzzle box" to obtain a piece of fish, Thorndike developed a theory that is known as

• A) the law of operant conditioning.
• B) the law of effect.
• C) the law of consequences.
• D) the law of association.

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