Theodore Barber

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Theodore Xenophon Barber (born 1927 in Martins Ferry , OH ; † September 10, 2005 in Framingham , MA ) was an American psychologist who became known for his criticism of classical hypnosis .

Life

Theodore Xenophon Barber studied at St. John's College in Annapolis and received his PhD in social psychology from the American University in Washington DC in 1956 . After several years of research at Harvard , he moved to the Medfield Foundation in Medfield , MA, a private psychiatric research facility. From 1973 he headed research there. In 1978 Barber moved to Cushing Hospital in Framingham, where he headed the department of psychology until his retirement in 1986. He was also a senior psychologist at Medfield State Hospital in Medfield.

Barber began research on hypnosis in the 1960s. He carried out experiments in which he created the state of hypnosis solely through suggestion, without using the formal means of hypnosis (e.g. swinging pendulum). Barber was the "Division 30" (Psychological Hypnosis) of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Publications

  • Hypnosis: A Scientific Approach . Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York 1969.
  • LSD, marijuana, yoga, and hypnosis . Aldine Publishing, Chicago 1970. ISBN 0-202-25004-0 .
  • With Nicholas Spanos and John F. Chaves: Hypnosis, Imagination, and Human Potentialities . Pergamon, New York 1974.
  • With Nicholas Spanos: Toward a convergence in hypnosis research . In: American Psychologist, 1974, No. 29, pp. 500-511.
  • Pitfalls in human research - 10 pivotal points . Pergamon, New York 1979. ISBN 0-08-020934-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeremy Pearce: Theodore Barber Dies at 78; What Major Critic of Hypnosis . In: The New York Times, September 23, 2005.
personal data
SURNAME Barber, Theodore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barber, Theodore Xenophon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist and hypnosis researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Martins Ferry , Ohio , USA
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 2005
Place of death Framingham , Massachusetts , USA