Learning Mechanisms in Smoking

by William A. Hunt

Overview

Psychologists have spent years studying the learning processes of the white rat, yet until recently they have neglected the laboratory of everyday social behavior for studying learning in man. In this book the leading experts in learning theory and pharmacology examine the role of learning mechanisms in smoking. The results provide new insights into the study of learning and determine new directions for future research on smoking and its control.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202361475
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/15/2007
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

William A. Hunt (1903-1986) was professor of psychology at Loyola University, Chicago. He was also chairman of the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University. During World War II, he headed the Navy's clinical psychology program. He has served as a member of the Medical Advisory Group to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, the Army's Scientific Advisory Panel, and the Community Research and Resources Panel of the National Institutes of Mental Health, as well as being for many years a consultant to the Surgeons General of both the Army and Navy.

Table of Contents

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