Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Sonja Lyubomirsky is a psychologist and researcher best known for her pioneering work on happiness and well-being within the field of positive psychology.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sonja Lyubomirsky canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2335376 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonja Lyubomirsky Context triple: [positive psychology, associatedWith, Sonja Lyubomirsky]
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Ed Diener
Ed Diener was a pioneering psychologist renowned for his research on subjective well-being and happiness, earning him the nickname "Dr. Happiness" and making him a central figure in the field of positive psychology.
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B.
Luke Nosek
Luke Nosek is a Polish-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known as one of the co-founders of PayPal and a member of the original "PayPal Mafia."
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C.
David Myers
David Myers was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential films of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including collaborations with directors like George Lucas.
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Anna M. Kross
Anna M. Kross was a pioneering New York City jurist and reformer who served as the city’s first female Commissioner of Correction and advocated for more humane treatment of incarcerated people.
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E.
Peter Salovey
Peter Salovey is an American social psychologist and academic who served as president of Yale University.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonja Lyubomirsky Target entity description: Sonja Lyubomirsky is a psychologist and researcher best known for her pioneering work on happiness and well-being within the field of positive psychology.
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A.
Ed Diener
Ed Diener was a pioneering psychologist renowned for his research on subjective well-being and happiness, earning him the nickname "Dr. Happiness" and making him a central figure in the field of positive psychology.
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B.
Luke Nosek
Luke Nosek is a Polish-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known as one of the co-founders of PayPal and a member of the original "PayPal Mafia."
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C.
David Myers
David Myers was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential films of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including collaborations with directors like George Lucas.
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D.
Anna M. Kross
Anna M. Kross was a pioneering New York City jurist and reformer who served as the city’s first female Commissioner of Correction and advocated for more humane treatment of incarcerated people.
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E.
Peter Salovey
Peter Salovey is an American social psychologist and academic who served as president of Yale University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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person ⓘ psychologist ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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PhD in Social Psychology ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Science of Generosity grant
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Templeton Positive Psychology Prize ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Riverside ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
happiness research
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positive psychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ well-being research ⓘ |
| genre | popular psychology ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
positive psychology
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social psychology ⓘ |
| hasHIndex | high citation impact in psychology (exact value varies by database) ⓘ |
| hasORCID | 0000-0002-8430-4409 ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://sonjalyubomirsky.com/ ⓘ |
| influenced |
applied positive psychology practices
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research on happiness interventions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ed Diener
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Martin Seligman ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hedonic adaptation research
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research on happiness ⓘ research on well-being ⓘ sustainable happiness model ⓘ the science of happiness ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Psychological Association
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Association for Psychological Science ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
happiness set point and intentional activity model
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sustainable happiness through intentional activities ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The How of Happiness
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The Myths of Happiness ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
gratitude
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hedonic adaptation ⓘ intentional activities and happiness ⓘ kindness ⓘ positive interventions ⓘ subjective well-being ⓘ |
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