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law of exercise  

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  • "Any response to a situation will, other things being equal, be more strongly connected with the situation in proportion to the number of times it has been connected with that situation and to the average vigor and duration of the connections." (Thorndike, 1911, p. 244).

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  • • Thorndike, E.L. (1911). Animal Intelligence. MacMillan.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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