The law of effect, or Thorndike's law, is a psychology principle advanced by Edward Thorndike in 1898 on the matter of behavioral conditioning (not then...
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Coriolis force (redirect from Coriolis Effect)
describe the motion of an object in an inertial (non-accelerating) frame of reference. When Newton's laws are transformed to a rotating frame of reference, the...
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Union law, direct effect is the principle that Union law may, if appropriately framed, confer rights on individuals which the courts of member states of the...
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Dunning–Kruger effect Fredkin's paradox Hofstadter's law How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Jevons paradox List of eponymous laws Omission bias...
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The Coolidge effect is a biological phenomenon seen in animals, whereby males exhibit renewed sexual interest whenever a new female is introduced, even...
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Unintended consequences (redirect from Law of unintended consequences)
Joe; Herman, Deborah P. "The Effect of Twenty Years of Hart-Scott-Rodino on Merger Practice: A Case Study in the Law of Unintended Consequences Applied...
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The Lindy effect (also known as Lindy's Law) is a theorized phenomenon by which the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things, like a technology...
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Operant conditioning (category History of psychology)
conditioning originated in the work of Edward Thorndike, whose law of effect theorised that behaviors arise as a result of whether their consequences are satisfying...
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Benford's law, also known as the Newcomb–Benford law, the law of anomalous numbers, or the first-digit law, is an observation that in many real-life sets of numerical...
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Edward Thorndike (category Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences)
analysis, providing the basic framework for empirical laws in behavior psychology with his law of effect. Through his contributions to the behavioral psychology...
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