COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND SMOKING

Cognitive Psychology and Smoking



Abstract

The present study examined the effect of nicotine on human cognition and memory. The study will focus of electronic cigarettes and its impact on human cognition and memory. This study will also talk about cognitive and memory in general to develop a better understanding. The method used in this study is secondary data analysis which is the tool of qualitative research.

Cognitive Psychology and Smoking

Introduction

Cognitive psychology is a school of psychology that deals with the study of cognition, i.e. the mental processes involved in knowledge. Aims to study the basic mechanisms by which deep knowledge is developed from the perception, the memory and learning, to the formation of concepts and logical reasoning. For cognitive psychology understand the act of knowledge in their actions to store, retrieve, recognize, understand, organize and use information received through the senses (Schunk, 2000, 14).

Psychological Appeal

The main motivation for many smokers use the smoking behavior as a "tool" that provides desired psychological benefits (improved performance in certain tasks, increased alertness, reduced anxiety or stress coping). According to this research, smokers as a group do not have a single reason for smoking and situational changes in smoking behavior can provide psychological benefits to the subject varied. Following this course, part of current research on the snuff tries to determine mechanisms by which smoking may reduce anxiety and help smokers to cope with stressful situations. Many smokers recognize that smoking a cigarette gives them a sense of calm and reduce your stress so anxious in situations increase their consumption of cigarettes. In addition, it was found that stress reduction is also reflected to the snuff of sensory cues. However, these effects of smoking on stress may be transient and situational specificity, being dissociated from the effects of smoking on cardiovascular activation (Overskeid, 1995, 517).

Addiction

According to some psychologists people smoke because they are addicted to nicotine or cigarettes. Today it is widely accepted that the use of snuff is an addiction, with characteristics (behavioral and pharmacological level) very similar to addictions "classic" (such as addiction to heroin or cocaine). In support of this hypothesis, several studies have shown that nicotine can serve as a primary positive reinforce and that nicotine addiction is an essential component in the use of snuff. Among the reinforcing actions of nicotine to smokers include reducing anxiety and irritability, improved care and decreased appetite and body weight. Recent animal studies on nicotine self-administration have confirmed the role of nicotine as a positive reinforce maintaining the behavior of "drug seeking" (Colrain, 2001, 448).

Methodology

This research is founded on the secondary data. The research encompasses the publications, articles and similar studies accessible on the Internet. Keeping in view the approach taken in earlier studies the research began with a broad analysis of the existing literature. The findings & conclusions are based on the secondary data. The methodology used for the purpose of this research is based on the secondary data. This research is more or less based on the literature review & the ...