Which of the Following Is an Example of Thorndike's Law

question 214

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of Thorndike's law of effect?

• A) A chicken keeps pecking at a bar even though it is repeatedly shocked immediately afterwards.
• B) A teenager regularly works part-time after school in order to make some spending money.
• C) A ball keeps rolling downhill because of the pull of gravity.
• D) A cat keeps clawing the sofa despite being squirted with water every time it does this.

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Definitions:

Practical Intelligence

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Triarchic Theory

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