Learning Mechanisms in Smoking (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780202361475)

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."

Author: William A. Hunt
ISBN-10: 0202361470
ISBN-13: 9780202361475
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2007
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.91h x 6.16w x 0.67d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 03/01/2008 pg. 106