Robert Rosenthal (psychologist)

Robert Rosenthal
Born(1933-03-02)March 2, 1933
DiedJanuary 5, 2024(2024-01-05) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
AwardsJames McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Riverside
ThesisAn Attempt at the Experimental Induction of the Defense Mechanism of Projection (1956)
Doctoral advisorBruno 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.


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