[tips] "Laws" in psychology

[Michael]

In a recent episode of my podcast I stated that contrary to the  
advocates of The Secret (who claim that the "law of attraction" is a  
"fundamental law in psychology"), I knew of only two concepts in  
psychology which are referred to as "laws" - Thorndike's Law of Effect  
and Weber's law.  Fellow tipster Blaine Peden reminded me that there  
are some more that he could think of - the Gestalt laws of perception,  
Emmert's Law, and Herrstein's Matching Law.  We may argue as to what  
constitutes a "law" in psychology and whether the aforementioned  
belong in that definition, but Blaine had a good suggestion: is anyone  
in TIPS aware of any other laws in psychology?  I'd be happy to amend  
my podcast on this topic (http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2008/07/21/episode-64-a-scientist-goes-looking-for-a-self-help-book/ 
).

Thanks,
Michael
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