Organization of Behavior

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{{short description|1949 book by Donald O. Hebb}} {{Infobox book| | name = The Organization of Behavior | image = File:The Organization of Behavior.jpg | caption = Cover of the first edition | author = [[Donald O. Hebb]] | country = | 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]].{{cite book |last=Hebb |first=D. O. |title=The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226341 |year=1949 |publisher=Wiley and Sons |location=New York |isbn=978-0-471-36727-7 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}} One of the main takeaways was that it proposed a theory about learning based on conjunctures on [[Neural network|neural networks]] and [[Synaptic plasticity|synapses being able to strengthen or weaken over time]].{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Gil |date=30 December 2016 |title=A Very Short History Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2016/12/30/a-very-short-history-of-artificial-intelligence-ai/ |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

==Reception== The author [[Richard Webster (British author)|Richard Webster]] identifies ''Organization of Behavior'' as the most influential outline of [[Hebbian learning|Hebb's postulate]]. According to Webster, the hypothesis has classic status within science and is supported by recent research.{{sfn|Webster|2005|page=487}}

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  • {{cite book |last1=Webster|first1=Richard |title=Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis |publisher=The Orwell Press |location=Oxford |year=2005 |isbn=0-9515922-5-4 }} {{refend}}

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