Robert A. RescorlaBorn9 May 1940 Philadelphia, PADied24 March 2020 (aged 79)Alma materBA, Swarthmore College PH.D., University of Pennsylvania

What was Robert Rescorla known for?

Rescorla was perhaps the greatest pure experimental psychologist of the 20th century. He was the undisputable heir to Ivan Pavlov, the foundational figure in experimental psychology and the person who introduced the phenomenon of the conditioned reflex and provided its first theoretical interpretation.

What did Robert Rescorla experiment on?

Robert Rescorla (1967,1988) Method: He exposed rats to a series of electrical shots (the unconditioned stimulus) that were followed by a tone (the conditioned stimulus) either on all or most occasions.