The law of effect, which states that an organism is likely to repeat a response that produces a desirable outcome and is unlikely to repeat a response that produces an undesirable outcome, was proposed __________
a. Edward Thorndike
b. John Watson
c. B.F. Skinner
d. Ivan Pavlov
Answer: A
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