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Which of the following laws of Thorndike is nearer to Skinner's Operant Conditioning paradigm?

Edward Thorndike's Law of Effect—which states that responses followed by satisfying consequences are strengthened and those followed by annoying consequences are weakened—is…

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Which of the following laws of Thorndike is nearer to Skinner's Operant Conditioning paradigm?

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Edward Thorndike's Law of Effect—which states that responses followed by satisfying consequences are strengthened and those followed by annoying consequences are weakened—is the direct theoretical forerunner and closest principle to B.F. Skinner's Operant Conditioning paradigm of reinforcement.

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