# Law of Effect **Domain:** Psychology / Learning Theory **Doc Type:** Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Edward Thorndike]], [[Behaviorism]], [[Reinforcement Schedule]], [[Schedule and Loop]] ## Definition The law of effect is Edward Thorndike's principle that responses followed by satisfying consequences become more likely, while responses followed by adverse consequences become less likely. ## Schedule–Loop Context It supplies the selection rule beneath behaviorist scheduling. The system need not interpret the subject's interior if it can shape the distribution of future acts through consequences. ## Backlinks - [[Schedule and Loop]] - [[articles/Schedule and Loop|Schedule and Loop]] - [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]