Daryl Bem

Institution Cornell University Current Position Professor Emeritus Highest Degree Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Michigan, 1964 Research Interests Attitudes Attribution Personality Sexuality/Sexual Orientation   Daryl Bem Department of Psychology Uris Hall Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853-7601 U.S.A. Home Page Home: (607) 277-5708 Fax: (607) 255-8433 Daryl J. Bem, professor emeritus of psychology at Cornell University, obtained his BA degree in physics from Reed College in 1960, and began graduate work in physics at MIT. The civil rights movement had just begun, and he became so intrigued with the changing attitudes toward desegregation in the American South that he decided to switch fields and pursue a career as a social psychologist specializing in attitudes and public opinion. He obtained his PhD degree in social psychology from the University of Michigan in 1964, and has since taught at Carnegie-Mellon University, Stanford, Harvard, and Cornell University, where he has been since 1978. He retired from Cornell in 2008. Professor Bem has published on several diverse topics in psychology, including group decision making, self-perception, personality theory, ESP, and sexual orientation. He is coauthor of an introductory textbook in psychology and the author of Beliefs, Attitudes, and Human Affairs (1970). Professor Bem has presented testimony to a subcommittee of the United States Senate on the psychological effects of police interrogation and has served as an expert witness in several court cases involving sex discrimination. Those interested in Professor Bem's personal life and history can read: Bem, Sandra L. (1998). An Unconventional Family. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Books: Atkinson, R. L., Atkinson, R. C. Smith, E. E., Bem, D. J., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2000). Hilgard's Introduction to psychology (13th ed.). Fort Worth: Harcourt College Publishers. Smith, E. E., Bem, D. J., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2001). Fundamentals of psychology. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt College Publishers. Journal Articles: Bem, D. J. (2000). Exotic becomes erotic: Interpreting the biological correlates of sexual orientation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 29, 531-548. Bem, D. J. (1996). Exotic becomes erotic: A developmental theory of sexual orientation. Psychological Review, 103, 320-335. Bem, D. J. (1995). Writing a review article for Psychological Bulletin. Psychological Bulletin, 118, 172-177. Bem, D. J. (1994). Does psi exist? The World & I, 215-219. Bem, D. J. (1992). On the uncommon wisdom of our lay personality theory. Psychological Inquiry, 3, 82-84. Bem, D. J., & Honorton, C. (1994). Does psi exist? Replicable evidence for an anamolous process of information transfer. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 4-18. Other Publications: Bem, D. J. (2005). Are self-identified bisexuals just lying to us -- or to themselves? (manuscript) Bem, D. J. (2005). Writing the empirical journal article. [Updated version of 2003 article of the same name in Darley, J. M., Zanna, M. P., & Roediger III, H. L. (Eds.), The Compleat Academic (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.] Bem, D. J. (1998). Exotic becomes erotic: Integrating biological and experiential antecedents of sexual orientation. In A. R. D'Augelli & C. J. Patterson (Eds.), Lesbian, gay, and bisexual identities and youth: Psychological perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press. Bem, D. J. (1997, August). Exotic becomes erotic: Explaining the enigma of sexual orientation. Invited address presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago.

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