| John Kihlstrom | |
| Birth Name: | John Frederick Kihlstrom |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Norwich, New York |
| Citizenship: | American |
| Fields: | Cognitive psychology Social psychology |
| Workplaces: | University of California, Berkeley |
| 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 |
| Known For: | Research on hypnosis, the unconscious mind, and the self |
| Awards: | American Psychological Association Early Career Award (1979) |
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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.[1] In 2013, he was named the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science.[2] He is known for his research on the unconscious mind.[3] [4] He was formerly the editor-in-chief of Psychological Science.[5]