Organization of Behavior

1949 book by Donald O. Hebb

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

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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

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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. `{{cite book}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
2. ^ Press, Gil (30 December 2016). "A Very Short History Of Artificial Intelligence (AI)". Forbes. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
3. ^ Webster 2005, p. 487.

### Bibliography

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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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Learning

Non-associative learning|

* Habituation
* Sensitization

Associative learning|

* Classical conditioning
* Imprinting
* Observational learning
* Operant conditioning

Insight learning|

* Abductive reasoning
* Deductive reasoning
* Inductive reasoning

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