"If a response is followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated. If a response is followed by an unpleasant consequence, it will tend not to be repeated." This is a statement of ________________.
A) the law of positive reinforcement
B) Rescorla's cognitive perspective
C) Thorndike's Law of Effect
D) Garcia's conditional emotional response

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The statement given is a restatement of Thorndike's Law of Effect, which states that behaviors that are followed by pleasant outcomes are more likely to be repeated, while behaviors followed by unpleasant outcomes are less likely to be repeated. This law is a fundamental principle of operant conditioning. Choice A refers to the specific application of positive rewards to increase behavior, while choices B and D refer to specific theories within learning and conditioning.

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