Thorndike's law of effect states that behaviors leading to pleasant situations will be , and behaviors that result in unpleasant situations will be .

repeated; avoided

Explanation: According to Thorndike's law of effect, actions or behaviors that causes a positive response, reactions or situations are likely to be repeated while actions or behaviors that causes a negative reaction, response or situation are likely to be avoided. When your actions produces discomfort, you will avoid such actions next time but when it is pleasant and acceptable, that action will be repeated next time.

because he had a big bear belly

the earthquake in haiti was a magnitude of 7.0 according to the u.s geological survey yet the smaller earthquake in haiti killed more than 200,000 and left more than 1.2 million people homeless. the chile earthquake was a magnitude of 8.8 and 500 times more stronger but chile's earthquake only injured 712 people.