Wolfgang Köhler
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Wolfgang Köhler was a German psychologist and key figure in Gestalt psychology, known for his pioneering research on insight learning and problem-solving in animals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wolfgang Köhler canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1348159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolfgang Köhler Context triple: [Kurt Lewin, influencedBy, Wolfgang Köhler]
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A.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
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B.
Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
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C.
Jakob von Uexkull
Jakob von Uexkull is a Swedish-German writer and activist best known for creating and promoting the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
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D.
Herbert Feigl
Herbert Feigl was an Austrian-American philosopher of science and mind associated with the Vienna Circle, known for advancing logical empiricism and influential theories of scientific explanation and physicalism.
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E.
Karl von Frisch
Karl von Frisch was an Austrian ethologist and Nobel Prize–winning zoologist renowned for his pioneering research on honeybee communication and sensory perception.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolfgang Köhler Target entity description: Wolfgang Köhler was a German psychologist and key figure in Gestalt psychology, known for his pioneering research on insight learning and problem-solving in animals.
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A.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
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B.
Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
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C.
Jakob von Uexkull
Jakob von Uexkull is a Swedish-German writer and activist best known for creating and promoting the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
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D.
Herbert Feigl
Herbert Feigl was an Austrian-American philosopher of science and mind associated with the Vienna Circle, known for advancing logical empiricism and influential theories of scientific explanation and physicalism.
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E.
Karl von Frisch
Karl von Frisch was an Austrian ethologist and Nobel Prize–winning zoologist renowned for his pioneering research on honeybee communication and sensory perception.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ human ⓘ psychologist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Carl Stumpf ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Presidency of the American Psychological Association ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1887-01-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Governorate of Estonia
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ Tallinn ⓘ |
| conductedResearchAt | Tenerife chimpanzee station ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1967-06-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Berlin
ⓘ
linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Swarthmore College
ⓘ
University of Berlin ⓘ
linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Frankfurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Köhler ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Gestalt psychology
ⓘ
cognitive psychology ⓘ comparative psychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| givenName | Wolfgang ⓘ |
| influenced |
cognitive psychology
ⓘ
learning theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kurt Koffka
ⓘ
Max Wertheimer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gestalt psychology
ⓘ
Perception of form ⓘ The Mentality of Apes ⓘ chimpanzee experiments ⓘ insight learning ⓘ problem-solving in animals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Psychological Association
ⓘ
Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| movement | Gestalt psychology ⓘ |
| name | Wolfgang Köhler ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dynamics in Psychology
ⓘ
Gestalt Psychology ⓘ
linked to:
Gestalt psychology
The Mentality of Apes ⓘ The Place of Value in a World of Facts ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Psychological Institute at the University of Berlin
ⓘ
president of the American Psychological Association ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
animal cognition
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learning ⓘ perception ⓘ problem solving ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wolfgang Köhler Description of subject: Wolfgang Köhler was a German psychologist and key figure in Gestalt psychology, known for his pioneering research on insight learning and problem-solving in animals.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.