Edward Thorndike Proposed That a Response That Was Followed by a Satisfying

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Multiple Choice

Edward Thorndike proposed that a response that was followed by a satisfying consequence was more likely to occur. This was termed as Thorndike's law of _.

• A) effect
• B) aversive conditioning
• C) generalization
• D) instrumental learning

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Definitions:

Semantic System

A cognitive system responsible for storing information about words, their meanings, and the relationships between them.

Basal Ganglia

A group of structures in the brain involved in coordinating movement and reward.

Procedural Memory

A skill memory or the memory of a highly practiced behavior.

Interference

A phenomenon in which the learning of new information hampers the retrieval of older information.