Comments on "Studies of the interaction of psychological and pharmacological determinants of smoking" by Schachter et al.
The work by Schachter and his colleagues on the psychological and pharmacological determinants of smoking is reviewed. The experiemental procedures are critically examined, and some are judged to be in violation of ethical standards for the conduct of research with human participants. Questions are raised concerning matters of informed consent, the description of debriefing procedures, and use of the college classroom as a psychological laboratory.
Comments on "Studies of the interaction of psychological and pharmacological determinants of smoking" by Schachter et al. The work by Schachter and his colleagues on the psychological and pharmacological determinants of smoking is reviewed. The experiemental procedures are critically examined, and some are judged to be in violation of ethical standards for the conduct of research with human participants. Questions are raised concerning matters of informed consent, the description of debriefing procedures, and use of the college classroom as a psychological laboratory.