"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)Garcia's conditional emotional response.
D)Thorndike's law of effect.

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The statement describes Thorndike's law of effect, which states that behaviors that are followed by favorable consequences are more likely to be repeated, while behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences are less likely to be repeated.

"If a Response Is Followed by a Pleasurable Consequence,it Will