Bennet Murdock

Bennet Murdock
Bennet Murdock
Born	1925 (age 95–96)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University
Known for	Work on short-term memory
	Scientific career
Fields	Psychology
Institutions	University of Toronto
Thesis	The effects of failure and retroactive inhibition on mediated generalization (1951)
Doctoral students	Stephan Lewandowsky

Bennet Bronson Murdock, Jr. (born 1925) is an American psychologist known for his research on human memory, especially his pioneering research into short-term memory.[1]

Education

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]

Career

In 1965, Murdock joined the faculty of the University of Toronto, where he remained until he retired in 1991.[2]

References

Hockley, William (2014). Relating Theory and Data: Essays on Human Memory in Honor of Bennet B. Murdock. Psychology Press. p. 111. ISBN 9781317760139.
Izawa, Chizuko (1999). On Human Memory: Evolution, Progress, and Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of the Atkinson-shiffrin Model. Psychology Press. p. 6. ISBN 9781135678746.

External links

Faculty page at the University of Toronto

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[1] Hockley, William (2014). Relating Theory and Data: Essays on Human Memory in Honor of Bennet B. Murdock. Psychology Press. p. 111. ISBN 9781317760139.

[izawa-2] Izawa, Chizuko (1999). On Human Memory: Evolution, Progress, and Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of the Atkinson-shiffrin Model. Psychology Press. p. 6. ISBN 9781135678746.