Robert Charles Bolles (April 24, 1928 - April 8, 1994) was an American psychologist and author who conducted work on experimental psychology. He developed the species-specific defense reaction theory which contends that many avoidance behaviors are actually elicited behaviors rather than operant behaviors.
He graduated from Wesleyan University and earned a PhD in experimental psychology from University of California, Berkeley.[1]
Web site: Bouton . Mark . Robert C. Bolles . 2006-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060912045529/http://fanselowlab.psych.ucla.edu/pdf/bolles_1996.pdf . 2006-09-12.
Mark E. Bouton, Michael S. Fanselow . Robert C. Bolles . American Psychologist . 51 . 7 . 733 . July 1996 . The American Psychological Association . 10.1037/0003-066x.51.7.733. Bouton . Mark E. . Fanselow . Michael S. .