Nicholas Spanos
Male, Person
1942 –
Who is Nicholas Spanos?
Nicholas Peter Spanos, PhD, was Professor of Psychology and Director of the Laboratory for Experimental Hypnosis at Carleton University from 1975 to his death in a single engine plane crash on June 6, 1994. While alive, Spanos conducted multiple studies that challenged common beliefs. He tried to distinguish the difference between common beliefs about hypnosis and what was actually occurring. These studies conducted by Spanos led to the modern understanding that hypnosis is not an altered state and is actually suggested behaviors that the participant chooses to go along with or not. Along with this, Spanos conducted studies regarding Dissociative Identity Disorder in which he stated that multiple personalities are not a product of trauma but are based on social norms.
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- Born
- 1942
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Northeastern University
- Boston University
- Lived in
- Ottawa
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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