VividLex

Home / Dictionary / law of effect

law of effect

1 sense · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

  1. 1. n. (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 Source: wordnet

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

Word family

Open full thesaurus page for law of effect · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Search dictionary Related words Home
law of diminishing returns
law of equal areas