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Smoking, Health and Personality
H. J. Eysenck
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Description for Smoking, Health and Personality
Paperback. Most people accept the connection between smoking and lung cancer. This study questions the experimental techniques and results interpretation used to prove this, arguing that psychological methods are better predictors of heart disease and cancer and are also an effective treatment. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH; MJCL; MMJ; VFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
The Report on Smoking and Health published by the Royal College of Physicians in England in 1965 warned of a connection between lung -cancer and smoking. The findings were widely publicized, and were accepted by practically every-one-indeed, they persist today. As Hans J. Eysenck shows in his classic study Smoking, Health, and Personality, the results were by no means immune to challenge. Not only were the experimental and statistical methods employed vulnerable to criticism, but the results were open to more than one interpretation.In this new edition, Stuart Brody reviews Eysenck's achievement. Eysenck critically reviewed the literature, presented longitudinal studies ... Read more
The Report on Smoking and Health published by the Royal College of Physicians in England in 1965 warned of a connection between lung -cancer and smoking. The findings were widely publicized, and were accepted by practically every-one-indeed, they persist today. As Hans J. Eysenck shows in his classic study Smoking, Health, and Personality, the results were by no means immune to challenge. Not only were the experimental and statistical methods employed vulnerable to criticism, but the results were open to more than one interpretation.In this new edition, Stuart Brody reviews Eysenck's achievement. Eysenck critically reviewed the literature, presented longitudinal studies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Transaction Publishers United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
166
Place of Publication
Somerset, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780765806390
SKU
V9780765806390
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