 The law of effect states that associations are strengthened when it is followed by something pleasing and associations are weakened when followed by something not pleasing.He also found that learning is done a little at a time or in increments, learning is an automatic process and all the principles of learning apply to all mammals.Thorndike's research with Robert Woodworth on the theory of transfer found that learning one subject will only influence your ability to learn another subject if the subjects are similar.