A dog owner trained her dog to come upon command by first saying the dog's name, and then the command "come." Over time she added a whistle to accompany these two elements. Eventually she would just whistle and the dog would respond. This may be explained by which of Thorndike's laws?

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The law of associative shifting explains how a response can be transferred from one stimulus to another through gradual association, as seen when the dog responds to the whistle alone after being conditioned with the name and command.

A Dog Owner Trained Her Dog to Come Upon Command