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Noun: law of effect
  1. (psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behaviour having good consequences tends to be repeated whereas behaviour that leads to bad consequences is not repeated

Type of: law, law of nature

Encyclopedia: Law of effect

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law of chemical equilibrium
law of closure
law of common fate
law of conservation of energy
law of conservation of mass
law of conservation of matter
law of constant proportion
law of continuation
law of definite proportions
law of diminishing returns
law of effect
law of equal areas
law of equivalent proportions
law of gravitation
law of independent assortment
law of large numbers
law of mass action
Law of Moses
law of motion
law of multiple proportions
law of nations