Organization of Behavior

The Organization of Behavior
	Cover of the first edition
Author	Donald O. Hebb
Language	English
Subject	Learning
Published	1949
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	378 (2002 Psychology Press edition)
ISBN	978-0805843002

Organization of Behavior is a 1949 book by the psychologist Donald O. Hebb.^[1] One of the main takeaways was that it proposed a theory about learning based on conjunctures on neural networks and synapses being able to strengthen or weaken over time.^[2]

Reception

The author Richard Webster identifies Organization of Behavior as the most influential outline of Hebb's postulate. According to Webster, the hypothesis has classic status within science and is supported by recent research.^[3]

References

^ Hebb, D. O. (1949). The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory. New York: Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-36727-7 – via Internet Archive.
^ Press, Gil (30 December 2016). "A Very Short History Of Artificial Intelligence (AI)". Forbes. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
^ Webster 2005, p. 487.

Bibliography

Books

Webster, Richard (2005). Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis. Oxford: The Orwell Press. ISBN 0-9515922-5-4.

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[Hebb_1949-1] Hebb, D. O. (1949). The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory. New York: Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-36727-7 – via Internet Archive.

[2] Press, Gil (30 December 2016). "A Very Short History Of Artificial Intelligence (AI)". Forbes. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

[FOOTNOTEWebster2005487-3] Webster 2005, p. 487.

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v t e Learning
Non-associative learning	Habituation Sensitization
Associative learning	Classical conditioning Imprinting Observational learning Operant conditioning
Insight learning	Abductive reasoning Deductive reasoning Inductive reasoning