Theories of Learning and Instruction: The Sixty-third Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education

by Ernest R. Hilgard (Editor), Herman G. Richey (Editor)

Methods and means of knowledge acquisition explored

Genres: Psychology, Education

435 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1964

About the author

Ernest Ropiequet "Jack" Hilgard was an American psychologist and professor at Stanford University. He became famous in the 1950s for his research on hypnosis, especially with regard to pain control. Along with André Muller Weitzenhoffer, Hilgard developed the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Hilgard as the 29th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.