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Picture of Robert. A. Rescorla http://www.bcp.psych.ualberta.ca/~mike/Pearl_Street/Gallery/R/Rescorla.html

Biography
Robert A. Rescorla (May 9, 1940 - present) is an American-born experimental psychologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Early Life
He was born in Pittsburg, PA and moved to Westfield, New Jersey.

Education
He completed his high school in Westfield, New Jersey and then pursued his college education at Swarthmore College. He gained an interest in psychology and majored in it. He graduated with honors in 1962 and went on to do graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania through a National Science Foundation fellowship. He received his Ph.D. in 1966. His work was in the Richard Solomon's laboratory and he was greatly influenced by scientists like Duncan Luce, David Green, Leo Hurvich, Dorthea Jameson, Jack Nachmias, Frank Irwin, Henry Gleitman, and Phil Teitlebaum. The work at the lab was focused on avoidance learning and Pavlovian emotional conditioning.

Career
After receiving his Ph.D. in 1966, he accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University. At Yale, he worked with Alan-Wanger in studying Pavlovian conditioning and in 1972 they published their groundbreaking theory of Rescorla-Wagner Model.

Books
Pavlovian second-order conditioning

Personal life
Rescorla has been involved with many professional organizations. He served as the President of the Division of Experimental Psychology of the American Psychological Association, President of Eastern Psychological Association, and President of the Psychology Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served as a Governing Board and Publication Board of the Psychosomatic Society and was a consultant editor on many Journals.

Awards
Rescorla has received many awards and recognitions. He received the American Psychology Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution in 1986. He was elected to the Society of Experimental Psychology in 1975 and to the United States National Academy of Science in 1985. In 1989 he was elected a William James Fellow of the American Psychological Society. In 1991 He was awarded the Howard Crosby warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists and the Horsley Gantt Award of the Pavlovian Society in 2005. In 1999, he was Awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award of the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn and in 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by the Universiteit Gent, in Belgium.

IbrahimOmar12 (talk) 03:24, 14 April 2015 (UTC)improved content on awards, personal life, and career.

IbrahimOmar12 (talk) 02:51, 14 April 2015 (UTC) IbrahimOmar12 (talk) 07:09, 1 March 2015 (UTC)Problem with the Article The Article adheres to the biographies of living person policy (careful editing needed). IbrahimOmar12 (talk) 07:09, 1 March 2015 (UTC)The Article is missing Robert A. Rescorla's Early life. IbrahimOmar12 (talk) 07:09, 1 March 2015 (UTC)The Article does not mention Robert A. Reccorla's Book, Pavlovian second order condition (2014).

IbrahimOmar12 (talk) 07:09, 1 March 2015 (UTC)Sources http://www.amazon.com/Pavlovian-Second-Order-Conditioning-Psychology-Revivals/dp/1848724438 http://www.bcp.psych.ualberta.ca/~mike/Pearl_Street/Gallery/R/Rescorla.html

IbrahimOmar12 (talk) 07:09, 1 March 2015 (UTC)Questions/comments Can amazon be used as a source for publication date and so forth.

Gulermarc1 (talk) 18:44, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Marc Guler Assignment 5 StartGulermarc1 (talk) 18:44, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Gulermarc1 (talk) 18:44, 6 March 2015 (UTC)User: GulerMarc1 One Item Identifying a Problem It only has once sentence on his work with Rescorla-Wagner model of conditioning which he was a major contributor toward and is a major part of psychology. Also is missing proper citations and in-line citations which are necessary for someone searching for more knowledge on the subject.Gulermarc1 (talk) 18:44, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Gulermarc1 (talk) 18:44, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Two References Rescorla, R.A., (1967). Pavlovian conditioning and its proper control procedures. Psychological Review, 74, 71-80. Rescorla, R.A., (1988). Pavlovian conditioned inhibition. Psychological Bulletin, 72, 77-94.Gulermarc1 (talk) 19:15, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Gulermarc1 (talk) 19:15, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Questions/Comments With the living person policy, what exactly might that restrict us too and am just wondering types of important things we should avoid in careful editing? I also noticed with the article, they have no reference or link to his early works in psychology, is that something you would think would be good to include or is it of less importance in regards to his works?Gulermarc1 (talk) 19:15, 6 March 2015 (UTC)