Hey, we want to be a science, right? Sciences has "laws" Ergo... we have
the Law of Effect and the Yerkes-Dodson Law. It ain't exactly the Law of
gravity, but you got to dance with the one what brung ya. Obviously I think
it is presumptious to refer to either as laws in the true scientific sense.
A law inplies come kind of invariant relationship in a far more complex
sense than the idea that a behavior that is reinforced is more likely to
occur.
Harry Avis Phd
Sierra College
Rocklin, CA 95677
Life is opinion - Marcus Aurelius
There is nothing that is good or bad, but that thinking makes it so -
Shakespeare
>From: Michael Sylvester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: TIPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: The Law of Effect
>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:50:07 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Richard Pisacreta wrote:
>
> >
> > Hey Folks:
> >
> > Most of us cover the Law of Effect in the learning chapter of our intro
> > courses. I have a question. Laws usually involve some precise
> > mathematics, e.g., Newton's Law of Gravity, the gas laws. The Law of
> > Effect doesn't provide some predictive mathematics. So, why is it a law?
> >
>
> But laws also imply predictability.
>
>Michael Sylvester,PhD
>Daytona Beach,Florida
>
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