| Bennet Murdock | |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1925 |
| Birth Place: | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Fields: | Psychology |
| Workplaces: | University of Toronto |
| Alma Mater: | Yale University |
| Thesis Title: | The effects of failure and retroactive inhibition on mediated generalization |
| Thesis Url: | https://search.proquest.com/docview/302054928 |
| Thesis Year: | 1951 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Leonard W. Doob |
| Doctoral Students: | Stephan Lewandowsky |
| Known For: | Work on short-term memory |
Bennet Bronson Murdock Jr. (October 18, 1925 – March 26, 2022) was an American psychologist known for his research on human memory, especially his pioneering research into short-term memory.[1]
Murdock received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. from Yale University, receiving the latter degree in 1951.[2] While at Yale, he had contact with Clark L. Hull.[2]
In 1965, Murdock joined the faculty of the University of Toronto, where he remained until he retired in 1991.[2]
In 2003 Murdock was awarded the Norman Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
Murdock died in Toronto on March 26, 2022, at the age of 96.[3]