Oct 12, Experimenter Effects in Behavioral Research: Today in the History of Psychology (12th October 1966)

Robert Rosenthal's classic book 'Experimenter Effects in Behavioral Research' was published. The book grew out of a reanalysis of the statistical data within Rosenthal's own doctoral dissertation which he stated 'suggested strongly that my hypothesis or expectation about how the subjects should respond had somehow been communicated to the subjects so that my hypothesis might have become a self-fulfilling prophecy.' Such was the impact of the Robert Rosenthal's book that by 1979, The Science Citation Index (SCI) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCITM) reported that it had been cited over 740 times. See following link for psychology research methods information and resources.Psychology Research Methods
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