William Hirst
Malcolm B. Smith Professor of Psychology (CSD)
Email
hirst@newschool.edu
Office Location
G - 80 Fifth Avenue
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William Hirst is Malcolm B. Smith Chair & Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research.
Concentrations: Cognitive science; social aspects of cognition and memory.
Degrees Held
PhD 1976, Cornell University
Recent Publications
Selected publications include:
“A Ten-Year Follow-Up of a Study of Memory for the Attack of September 11, 2001: Flashbulb Memories and Memories for Flashbulb Events,” Journal of Experimental Psychology (2015)
“Social Identity and Socially Shared Retrieval-Induced Forgetting: The Effects of Group Membership,” Journal of Experimental Psychology (2015)
“Memory in the Circumstances in Which One Learned of a Death from AIDS: The Effects of Repeated Exposure,” Memory and Cognition (2003)
“Social Influences on Remembering,” in D. Rubin (ed.), Autobiographical Memory (coauthor, 1996)
“Cognitive Aspects of Consciousness,” in M. Gazzaniga (ed.), Handbook of Cognitive Neuroscience (1995).
Future Courses
Collective Memory
GPSY 6326, Fall 2022
Fund of Cognitive Psych
LPSY 2042, Fall 2022
Independent Study
LPSY 3950, Fall 2022
Independent Study
GPSY 6990, Fall 2022, Summer 2022
Senior Work Project
LPSY 4001, Fall 2022
Past Courses
Cognitive Psychology
GPSY 5110, Spring 2022
Fund of Cognitive Psych
LPSY 2042, Fall 2021
Independent Study
LPSY 3950, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
Independent Study
GPSY 6990, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
Into to Memory Studies
LPSY 3505, Spring 2022
Sem:Autobiographical Memory
GPSY 6302, Fall 2021
Senior Work Project
LPSY 4001, Fall 2021, Spring 2022