Question

the law of effect states
rewarded behavior will be repeated.
punished behavior will be repeated.
punished behavior will be extinguished.
rewarded behavior eventually extinguishes itself.

Explanation:

The Law of Effect (by Edward Thorndike) states that behaviors followed by positive consequences (rewards) are more likely to be repeated, while behaviors followed by negative consequences (punishments) are less likely to be repeated (or may be extinguished, but the core of the law emphasizes the repetition of rewarded behavior). The first option matches this: "rewarded behavior will be repeated." The second is incorrect (punished behavior is not repeated), the third is not the core of the Law of Effect (it's more about operant conditioning's extinction, not the Law of Effect's main point), and the fourth is wrong (rewarded behavior is repeated, not extinguished).

Answer:

A. rewarded behavior will be repeated.