John Kihlstrom

{{Short description|American psychologist (born 1948)}}

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| birth_name = John Frederick Kihlstrom

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|10|24}}

| birth_place = Norwich, New York

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| citizenship = American

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| fields = Cognitive psychology
Social psychology

| workplaces = University of California, Berkeley

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| alma_mater = Colgate University (AB, 1970)

University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D., 1975)

| thesis_title = The Effects of Organization and Motivation of Recall During Posthypnotic Amnesia

| thesis_url = https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI7524082/

| thesis_year = 1975

| doctoral_advisor = Martin Theodore Orne

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| known_for = Research on hypnosis, the unconscious mind, and the self

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| awards = American Psychological Association Early Career Award (1979)

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• {{marriage|Susan Jo Russell|1975|1982}}
• {{marriage|Lucy Canter Kihlstrom|1986}}

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John Frederick Kihlstrom (born October 24, 1948) is an American cognitive social psychologist. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he originally began teaching in 1997.{{Cite web |url=https://gsi.berkeley.edu/programs-services/hsl-project/hsl-speakers/kihlstrom/ |title=John Kihlstrom: How Students Learn: A Perspective from Cognitive and Social Psychology |website=GSI Teaching & Resource Center |language=en-US |access-date=2018-09-14}} In 2013, he was named the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science.{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2017 |title=Kihlstrom, John F. |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences |publisher=Springer International Publishing |url=https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jfkihlstrom/PDFs/2010s/2017/EPIDs_Autobio.html |last=Kihlstrom |first=John |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2186-1|isbn=978-3-319-28099-8 }} He is known for his research on the unconscious mind.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/23/science/your-unconscious-mind-may-be-smarter-than-you.html |title=Your Unconscious Mind May Be Smarter Than You |last=Goleman |first=Daniel |date=1992-06-23 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-09-14 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-21-me-656-story.html |title=Findings Suggest A 'Kinder, Gentler, More Rational...' |last=Patlak |first=Margie |date=1989-08-21 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2018-09-14 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}} He was formerly the editor-in-chief of Psychological Science.{{Cite journal |url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/lindsay-named-editor-in-chief-of-psychological-science |title=Lindsay Named Editor in Chief of Psychological Science |date=2016-04-29 |journal=APS Observer |volume=29 |language=en-US |access-date=2018-09-14}}