CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Thorndike’s Law of Effect said that animals will learn responses that are
A
Rewarded
B
Reflexive
C
Prompted
D
Preceded by a neutral stimulus
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The law of effect stated that those behavioral responses that were most closely followed by a satisfying result were most likely to become established patterns and to occur again in response to the same stimulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hence, it could be concluded that the “Law of Effect” of Thorndike indicates the importance of award and punishment in learning.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thorndike states that in learning is process between stimulus and respond. This theory have three main concept those are Law of Readiness Law of Exercise) and Law of Effect. In journey of his thought about this theory, Thorndike adds some law in his theory and modifies some of element in it.

Detailed explanation-4: -A series of such experiments produced uniformly negative results, and Thorndike concluded that trial and error was the only form of learning available to animals other than humans.

Detailed explanation-5: -This work led to Thorndike’s Laws. According to these Laws, learning is achieved when an individual is able to form associations between a particular stimulus and a response. The three main laws are the Law of Readiness, the Law of Exercise, and the Law of Effect.

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