{{Short description|American psychologist}} '''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]].{{cn|date=December 2025}}
==External links==
{{cite web | last = Bouton | first = Mark | title = Robert C. Bolles | url=http://fanselowlab.psych.ucla.edu/pdf/bolles_1996.pdf | accessdate = 2006-12-30 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060912045529/http://fanselowlab.psych.ucla.edu/pdf/bolles_1996.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2006-09-12}}
{{cite journal | authorlink = Mark E. Bouton, Michael S. Fanselow | title = Robert C. Bolles | journal = American Psychologist | volume = 51 | issue = 7 | pages = 733 | date = July 1996 | publisher = The American Psychological Association | doi=10.1037/0003-066x.51.7.733| last1 = Bouton | first1 = Mark E. | last2 = Fanselow | first2 = Michael S. }}
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