The Law of Effect proposes that what factor impacts whether or not a behavior will be repeated?

Value of reward

Harshness of punishment

Closeness of response to behavior

Perceived importance of approval

This is a Psychology question but I had to choose History since it wasn't an option.

The correct answer is B) Harshness of punishment.

The Law of Effect proposes that the harshness of punishment impacts whether or not a behavior will be repeated.

Edward Thorndike was a famous psychologist in the 1800s that worked on the learning theory that resulted in the operant conditioning. The law of effect that he developed states that all the responses in a determinate situation that are positive have more probability to occur again in a similar situation. Just like negative responses in a determinate situation will be less likely to occur in the same situation. Thorndike performed his experiments on cats to understand the responses.