Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun law_of_effect

1 sense of law of effect

Sense 1
law of effect -- ((psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated whereas behavior that leads to bad consequences is not repeated)
       => law, law of nature -- (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics")