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Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning: Thorndike's Law of Effect

Thorndike's puzzle box

Thorndike's puzzle box

This image shows an example of Thorndike's puzzle box alongside a graph demonstrating the learning of a cat within the box. As the number of trials increased, the cats were able to escape more quickly by learning.

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