law of effect
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(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
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- law of nature hypernym
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- psychology domain topic
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | law of nature |