Learning Mechanisms in Smoking

By William A. Hunt

Book Overview

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."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202361470
• ISBN13: 9780202361475
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher