Thorndike's law of effect states that
A. some behaviors are inherently easier to learn than others.
B. children learn aggression by being exposed to aggressive adult role models.
C. an organism can learn to associate a neutral stimulus with a conditioned stimulus.
D. the consequences of a behavior will affect the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated.
Answer: D
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