Edward C. Tolman
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Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in cognitive behaviorism, especially his concept of cognitive maps and purposive behavior in animals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward C. Tolman canonical | 3 |
| Edward Chace Tolman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5147561 — 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: Edward C. Tolman Context triple: [Behaviorism, associatedWith, Edward C. Tolman]
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A.
Clark L. Hull
Clark L. Hull was an influential American psychologist best known for his drive-reduction theory and pioneering work in behaviorism and learning.
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B.
Murray Sidman
Murray Sidman was an American behavioral psychologist best known for his pioneering work in experimental analysis of behavior and the development of the Sidman avoidance procedure.
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C.
Paul Mowrer
Paul Mowrer was an American journalist and foreign correspondent who won the first Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence in 1929.
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D.
Eugene W. Hilgard
Eugene W. Hilgard was a prominent 19th-century soil scientist and geologist known as a pioneer of modern soil science in the United States.
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E.
Donald Hebb
Donald Hebb was a Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist best known for pioneering theories of synaptic plasticity and learning, encapsulated in the influential concept now known as Hebbian learning.
- 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: Edward C. Tolman Target entity description: Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in cognitive behaviorism, especially his concept of cognitive maps and purposive behavior in animals.
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A.
Clark L. Hull
Clark L. Hull was an influential American psychologist best known for his drive-reduction theory and pioneering work in behaviorism and learning.
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B.
Murray Sidman
Murray Sidman was an American behavioral psychologist best known for his pioneering work in experimental analysis of behavior and the development of the Sidman avoidance procedure.
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C.
Paul Mowrer
Paul Mowrer was an American journalist and foreign correspondent who won the first Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence in 1929.
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D.
Eugene W. Hilgard
Eugene W. Hilgard was a prominent 19th-century soil scientist and geologist known as a pioneer of modern soil science in the United States.
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E.
Donald Hebb
Donald Hebb was a Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist best known for pioneering theories of synaptic plasticity and learning, encapsulated in the influential concept now known as Hebbian learning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in psychology ⓘ |
| advocated | intervening variables in behavior theory ⓘ |
| awardReceived | American Psychological Association presidency ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1886-04-14 ⓘ |
| conceptCoined |
cognitive map
ⓘ
latent learning ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1959-11-19 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Hugo Münsterberg ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Tolman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
behaviorism
ⓘ
cognitive psychology ⓘ learning theory ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Edward Chace Tolman
ⓘ
linked to:
Edward C. Tolman
|
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| influenced |
cognitive psychology
ⓘ
learning theory ⓘ neuroscience of spatial navigation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kurt Lewin
ⓘ
William James ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
animal behavior
ⓘ
cognition ⓘ learning ⓘ motivation ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Psychological Association ⓘ |
| movement |
cognitive behaviorism
ⓘ
purposive behaviorism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cognitive behaviorism
ⓘ
purposive behaviorism ⓘ research on learning in rats ⓘ the concept of cognitive maps ⓘ |
| notableWork | Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men ⓘ |
| occupation | psychologist ⓘ |
| opposed | strict stimulus-response behaviorism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
West Newton, Massachusetts, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
West Newton, Massachusetts, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Berkeley, California, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Berkeley, California, United States
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| positionHeld | President of the American Psychological Association ⓘ |
| publicationYearOf |
1932: Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men
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linked to:
Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men
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| researchMethod | maze learning experiments with rats ⓘ |
| theory |
purposive behavior theory
ⓘ
theory of cognitive maps ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berkeley, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Berkeley, California, United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edward C. Tolman Description of subject: Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in cognitive behaviorism, especially his concept of cognitive maps and purposive behavior in animals.
Referenced by (4)
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