William A Hunt

Learning Mechanisms in Smoking

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138527072
• ISBN-10: 1138527076
• Artikelnr.: 69947815

Autorenporträt

William A. Hunt

Inhaltsangabe

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