"If a response is followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated. If a response is followed by an unpleasant consequence, it will tend not to be repeated." This is a statement of __________
A) the law of positive reinforcement.
B) Rescorla's cognitive perspective.
C) Thorndike's law of effect.
D) Garcia's conditional emotional response.

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The statement is a restatement of Thorndike's law of effect, which states that behaviors that are followed by favorable consequences will increase in frequency, while behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences will decrease in frequency.

"If a Response Is Followed by a Pleasurable Consequence, It