Kurt Lewin
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Kurt Lewin was a pioneering German-American psychologist best known for founding modern social psychology and developing field theory and action research.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kurt Lewin canonical | 24 |
| Lewin | 3 |
| Kurt Zadek Lewin | 1 |
| Lewin’s equation B = f(P, E) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T225874 — 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: Kurt Lewin Context triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Kurt Lewin]
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A.
Maurice Milgram
Maurice Milgram was a French computer scientist and academic known for his contributions to pattern recognition and for supervising Yann LeCun’s doctoral research.
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B.
Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist best known for developing the hierarchy of needs theory, which emphasizes human motivation and self-actualization.
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C.
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers was an influential American psychologist and one of the founders of humanistic psychology, best known for developing client-centered (person-centered) therapy.
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D.
Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson
Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson is the daughter of Canadian author Margaret Atwood and her partner, novelist Graeme Gibson.
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E.
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."
- 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: Kurt Lewin Target entity description: Kurt Lewin was a pioneering German-American psychologist best known for founding modern social psychology and developing field theory and action research.
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A.
Maurice Milgram
Maurice Milgram was a French computer scientist and academic known for his contributions to pattern recognition and for supervising Yann LeCun’s doctoral research.
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B.
Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist best known for developing the hierarchy of needs theory, which emphasizes human motivation and self-actualization.
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C.
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers was an influential American psychologist and one of the founders of humanistic psychology, best known for developing client-centered (person-centered) therapy.
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D.
Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson
Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson is the daughter of Canadian author Margaret Atwood and her partner, novelist Graeme Gibson.
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E.
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."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German-American
ⓘ
person ⓘ psychologist ⓘ social psychologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in psychology ⓘ |
| birthName |
Kurt Zadek Lewin
ⓘ
linked to:
Kurt Lewin
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coinedTerm | action research ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfBirth | 1890-09-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1947-02-12 ⓘ |
| education |
University of Berlin
ⓘ
linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Freiburg ⓘ
linked to:
Freiburg University
University of Munich ⓘ
linked to:
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
|
| employer |
Cornell University
ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ University of Berlin ⓘ
linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Iowa ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
applied psychology
ⓘ
organizational psychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ social psychology ⓘ |
| formulated |
field theory in social science
ⓘ
three-stage model of change ⓘ |
| influenced |
Leon Festinger
ⓘ
Ronald Lippitt ⓘ Solomon Asch ⓘ social psychology as a discipline ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kurt Koffka
ⓘ
Max Wertheimer ⓘ Wolfgang Köhler ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
force field analysis
ⓘ
gatekeeping in communication ⓘ level of aspiration ⓘ life space in psychology ⓘ quasi-stationary equilibrium ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lewin’s equation B = f(P, E)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kurt Lewin
action research ⓘ change management theory ⓘ field theory in psychology ⓘ founding modern social psychology ⓘ group dynamics ⓘ |
| movement | Gestalt psychology ⓘ |
| name | Kurt Lewin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Field Theory in Social Science
ⓘ
Principles of Topological Psychology ⓘ Resolving Social Conflicts ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Prussia
ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
Mogilno ⓘ Province of Posen ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Newtonville, Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Newtonville
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| positionHeld | director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at MIT ⓘ |
| threeStageModelOfChange | unfreeze-change-refreeze ⓘ |
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Subject: Kurt Lewin Description of subject: Kurt Lewin was a pioneering German-American psychologist best known for founding modern social psychology and developing field theory and action research.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kurt Lewin
linked to: Kurt Lewin
linked to: Kurt Lewin
linked to: Kurt Lewin
subject linked to:
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division 9)
linked to: Kurt Lewin