Stanley Schachter
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Stanley Schachter was an influential American social psychologist best known for his work on the two-factor theory of emotion, social influence, and the effects of anxiety on affiliation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stanley Schachter canonical | 5 |
| Schachter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6752863 — 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: Stanley Schachter Context triple: [Leon Festinger, coAuthor, Stanley Schachter]
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A.
Joshua Schachter
Joshua Schachter is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known for creating the social bookmarking service Delicious, which helped popularize tagging on the web.
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B.
Spencer Allport
Spencer Allport is an actor known for appearing in the television series "Perfect Harmony."
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C.
George R. Kelly
George R. Kelly, better known as "Machine Gun Kelly," was a notorious American gangster and bootlegger of the Prohibition era, infamous for his involvement in kidnappings and other violent crimes.
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D.
James Allport
James Allport was a prominent 19th-century British railway engineer and administrator who played a key role in the development and expansion of the Midland Railway network.
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E.
Leon Festinger
Leon Festinger was an American social psychologist best known for developing the theory of cognitive dissonance and for his influential work on social comparison processes.
- 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: Stanley Schachter Target entity description: Stanley Schachter was an influential American social psychologist best known for his work on the two-factor theory of emotion, social influence, and the effects of anxiety on affiliation.
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A.
Joshua Schachter
Joshua Schachter is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known for creating the social bookmarking service Delicious, which helped popularize tagging on the web.
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B.
Spencer Allport
Spencer Allport is an actor known for appearing in the television series "Perfect Harmony."
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C.
George R. Kelly
George R. Kelly, better known as "Machine Gun Kelly," was a notorious American gangster and bootlegger of the Prohibition era, infamous for his involvement in kidnappings and other violent crimes.
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D.
James Allport
James Allport was a prominent 19th-century British railway engineer and administrator who played a key role in the development and expansion of the Midland Railway network.
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E.
Leon Festinger
Leon Festinger was an American social psychologist best known for developing the theory of cognitive dissonance and for his influential work on social comparison processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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social psychologist ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Obesity and Eating: Internal and External Cues
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The Psychology of Affiliation ⓘ When Prophecy Fails ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1997-06-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Michigan
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| familyName |
Schachter
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linked to:
Stanley Schachter
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| fieldOfWork |
affiliation research
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emotion research ⓘ group dynamics ⓘ obesity and eating behavior ⓘ social influence ⓘ social psychology ⓘ |
| givenName | Stanley ⓘ |
| influenced |
research on cognitive appraisal of emotion
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social psychology of groups ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kurt Lewin
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Leon Festinger ⓘ Solomon Asch ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Psychological Association ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Ellen Langer
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Jerome Singer ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Schachter–Singer theory
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When Prophecy Fails ⓘ research on obesity and externality theory of eating ⓘ research on social comparison ⓘ studies on anxiety and affiliation ⓘ two-factor theory of emotion ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of psychology ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
effects of anxiety on affiliation
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environmental factors in eating behavior ⓘ misattribution of arousal ⓘ social comparison processes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stanley Schachter Description of subject: Stanley Schachter was an influential American social psychologist best known for his work on the two-factor theory of emotion, social influence, and the effects of anxiety on affiliation.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Stanley Schachter