American psychologist known for pioneering work on experimenter and teacher expectancy effects and for developing the statistical methods of meta-analysis. He taught at Harvard from 1962 to 1999 and then at the University of California, Riverside, until his death.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionWith Lenore Jacobson, conducted the 1968 Pygmalion in the Classroom study demonstrating that a teacher's expectations of a pupil can shape that pupil's actual performance, the effect now called the Pygmalion effect or Rosenthal effect; also a founding figure of meta-analysis as a research method. 1 Notable WorkPygmalion in the Classroom (with Jacobson, 1968) 1 Connections
Associated With
Co-originated the effect with Lenore Jacobson.
Studies Conducted
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1. Wikipedia: Robert Rosenthal (psychologist)
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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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