LAW OF EFFECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does law of effect mean? 

• LAW OF EFFECT (noun)
  The noun LAW OF EFFECT has 1 sense:

1. (psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated whereas behavior that leads to bad consequences is not repeated

  Familiarity information: LAW OF EFFECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAW OF EFFECT (noun)

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Meaning:

(psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated whereas behavior that leads to bad consequences is not repeated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("law of effect" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)