Robert Rosenthal | |
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| Born | March 2, 1933 |
| Died | January 5, 2024 (aged 90) Riverside, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Awards | James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (2001) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of California, Riverside |
| Thesis | An Attempt at the Experimental Induction of the Defense Mechanism of Projection (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bruno Klopfer |
Robert Rosenthal (March 2, 1933 – January 5, 2024) was a German-born American psychologist who was a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. His interests included self-fulfilling prophecies, which he explored in a well-known study of the Pygmalion effect: the effect of teachers' expectations on students.