The general structure that we're looking at can be summarized as this, if this helps paint a nice mental picture.

我们一般看到的这个结构可以这样概括,如果这个帮助我们描绘出一个漂亮的记忆画面。

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So this could be summarized as the law of effect, which is a tendency to perform an action's increased if rewarded, weakened if it's not.

这种行为上的变化被称之为效果律，也就是说，行为倾向随奖励而增加，随惩罚而减少。

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