Mathematico-deductive theory of rote learning. A study in scientific methodology. (Q2585730)

Hull's learning theories were first presented in this book, a collaboration with several coworkers, in which he expressed his findings through postulates stated in both mathematical and verbal forms. Hull believed that psychology had its own quantitative laws that could be stated in mathematical equations. He further developed these ideas in ``Principles of Behavior'' (1943), which suggested that the stimulus-response connection depends on both the kind and the amount of reinforcement. His lasting legacy to psychology is thought to be his approach to the study of behaviour, rather than the specifics of his theories. (From the Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). Weitere Besprechungen: E. N., J. Philosophy 37, 277; Gregory Bateson, Am. Anthropologist 43, No. 1, 116--118 (1941; doi:10.1525/aa.1941.43.1.02a00280/pdf). Reprint: Greenwood Press (Juni 1972), ISBN-13: 978-0837131269. (Data added in 2016).