Robert J. Pellegrini is an American psychologist, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at San Jose State University.
He also held positions at SJSU as Associate Dean for Research, Director of Sponsored Programs, and Psychology Department Chair.
He challenged as meaningless on quantitative methodological grounds the (early 1960s) widely quoted arguments of psychometric "experts" concerning statistically significant race differences in IQ scores.
His later research included studies of the effect of color on human functioning in both laboratory and applied settings, studies of impression-formation, political identification and attributed causes of homelessness, the medical significance of adult attachment styles, the effects of anticipated opportunity on performance, and the storied roots of identity formation.
New York: Addison Wesley Longman Publishers, Inc. (1999) ISBN 0-321-01213-5 Pellegrini, R. J., and Sarbin, T. R.