Learning Mechanisms in Smoking

ISBN-13: 9781138527072 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 248 str.

William A. Hunt

Opis

Examines the role of learning mechanisms in smoking. This book discusses the role played by habit in smoking, defining habit in terms of "fixed behavior patterns, over learned to the point of becoming automatic, and marked by decreasing awareness and increasing dependency on secondary rather than primary reinforcement."

Spis treści

1: Reviews of Relevant Literature; The Modification of Smoking Behavior: An Evaluative Review 1; Personality and Smoking: A Review of the Empirical Literature; 2: Learning Mechanisms and Smoking; Habit Mechanisms in Smoking; Comments on Paper by Hunt and Matarazzo; General Discussion; Mechanisms of Self-Control; Comments on Paper by Premack; General Discussion; The Smoking Habit 1; 1: Comments on Paper by Logan; General Discussion; 1: The Role of Nicotine in the Smoking Habit; Comments on Paper by Jarvik; General Discussion; 3: An Overview; A Sociologist’s Point of View; The Effects of Prolonged Alcohol Ingestion on the Eating, Drinking, and Smoking Patterns of Chronic Alcoholics; General Discussion

O autorze

William A. Hunt