Heather N
National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Br J Addict. 1990 May;85(5):617-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1990.tb03521.x.
This article continues, and hopefully concludes, a dispute in this journal over the value of the learning paradigm of problem drinking, as outlined by Heather & Robertson. It is first reasserted that the idea that the problem drinking paradigm is nothing more than a bid by psychologists to take over the alcohol studies field is neither a useful nor serious proposition. Secondly, it is denied that our claim is that psychology has already succeeded in substituting a new paradigm for an old one, but conceded that the term 'general theory' may be more appropriate in some ways than 'paradigm'. Thirdly, the criticism that the general learning theory is as tautologous as the disease theory it aspires to replace is again rejected. Finally, the merits of a general theory of problem drinking, as opposed to a diversity of explanatory models, are expounded.
本文延续了（希望也是终结了）本期刊上关于希瑟和罗伯逊所概述的问题饮酒学习范式价值的一场争论。首先再次强调，认为问题饮酒范式不过是心理学家试图接管酒精研究领域的说法，既无益处也不严肃。其次，否认我们的主张是心理学已成功用新范式取代旧范式，但承认“一般理论”这个术语在某些方面可能比“范式”更合适。第三，再次驳斥了那种认为一般学习理论与它试图取代的疾病理论一样同义反复的批评。最后，阐述了与多种解释模型相对的问题饮酒一般理论的优点。
