John Kihlstrom

John Kihlstrom
Born	John Frederick Kihlstrom (1948-10-24) October 24, 1948 (age 77) Norwich, New York
Citizenship	American
Education	Colgate University (AB, 1970) University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D., 1975)
Known for	Research on hypnosis, the unconscious mind, and the self
Spouses	Susan Jo Russell ​ ​ (m. 1975⁠–⁠1982)​ Lucy Canter ​ (m. 1986)​
Awards	American Psychological Association Early Career Award (1979)
Scientific career
Fields	Cognitive psychology Social psychology
Workplaces	University of California, Berkeley
Thesis	The Effects of Organization and Motivation of Recall During Posthypnotic Amnesia  (1975)
Doctoral advisor	Martin Theodore Orne

John Frederick Kihlstrom (born October 24, 1948) is an American cognitive social psychologist.

Family

The third child of Waldo Helge Kihlstrom (1913–1970), a Presbyterian minister, and Harriet Foster Kihlstrom (1915–2009), a secretary, John Frederick Kihlstrom was born in Norwich, New York on October 24, 1948. He was raised in Horseheads, NY, where he attended the public schools. Siblings: Dorothy Jean Myers (1938-2016) and Donald (b. 1941).

Academia

He received his AB in Psychology from Colgate University (1970) and his PhD in Personality and Experimental Psychopathology from the University of Pennsylvania (1975).

After completing a clinical psychology internship in the Department of Psychiatry, Temple University Health Sciences Center, he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Relations (as it was then known) at Harvard University (1975-1980). He moved to the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, where he was promoted to Professor, without prefix (1980-1987). He subsequently held positions at the University of Arizona (Professor, 1987-1994), and Yale University (Professor, 1994-1997). He landed at the University of California, Berkeley (1997-2017), where he was appointed the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in the Division of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies (2013-2017). He retired in 2017 as Distinguished Professor Emeritus. ^[1]

Research

Kihlstrom is known for his research on the unconscious mind. ^{[2] [3]} He was Editor of Psychological Science . ^[4]

Honors

• 1979: Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology, in the area of personality, from the American Psychological Association.
• 1980: Morton Prince Award for distinguished contributions to the development of hypnosis in the science and profession of psychology from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the American Board of Examiners in Psychological Hypnosis.
• 1991: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• 2003: Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.

References

1. Kihlstrom, John (2017). "Kihlstrom, John F." . Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–8. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2186-1. ISBN   978-3-319-28099-8.
2. Goleman, Daniel (1992-06-23). "Your Unconscious Mind May Be Smarter Than You". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
3. Patlak, Margie (1989-08-21). "Findings Suggest A 'Kinder, Gentler, More Rational...'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved 2018-09-14.
4. (1995-1999). "Lindsay Named Editor in Chief of Psychological Science". APS Observer. 29. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2018-09-14.{{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)

External links

• UC Berkeley Faculty page
• Scholarly website
• Interview with Kevin and Amy Sheldrake (3 Parts)