Michael Cole
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Michael Cole is an American psychologist and cultural-historical theorist known for his work on cross-cultural cognition and for extending Lev Vygotsky’s ideas into the field of cultural psychology.
All labels observed (1)
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| Michael Cole canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Michael Cole Context triple: [Lev Vygotsky, influenced, Michael Cole]
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Michael Cole
Michael Cole is a longtime professional wrestling commentator best known as the lead play-by-play announcer for WWE.
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B.
Jim Ross
Jim Ross is an American attorney, former police officer, and businessman who serves as the mayor of Arlington, Texas.
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C.
Will Halloway
Will Halloway is a thoughtful and courageous young boy who confronts a sinister traveling carnival in Ray Bradbury’s dark fantasy novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes."
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D.
Lance Storm
Lance Storm is a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his technically precise in-ring style and championship runs in ECW, WCW, and WWE.
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E.
Rob Van Dam
Rob Van Dam is an American professional wrestler and former WWE and ECW star known for his high-flying style and innovative offensive moves.
- 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: Michael Cole Target entity description: Michael Cole is an American psychologist and cultural-historical theorist known for his work on cross-cultural cognition and for extending Lev Vygotsky’s ideas into the field of cultural psychology.
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A.
Michael Cole
Michael Cole is a longtime professional wrestling commentator best known as the lead play-by-play announcer for WWE.
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B.
Jim Ross
Jim Ross is an American attorney, former police officer, and businessman who serves as the mayor of Arlington, Texas.
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C.
Will Halloway
Will Halloway is a thoughtful and courageous young boy who confronts a sinister traveling carnival in Ray Bradbury’s dark fantasy novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes."
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D.
Lance Storm
Lance Storm is a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his technically precise in-ring style and championship runs in ECW, WCW, and WWE.
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E.
Rob Van Dam
Rob Van Dam is an American professional wrestler and former WWE and ECW star known for his high-flying style and innovative offensive moves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural psychologist
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cultural-historical theorist ⓘ psychologist ⓘ |
| basedOn | Vygotskian theory of higher psychological functions ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Indiana University Bloomington ⓘ
linked to:
Indiana University
|
| employer |
Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition
ⓘ
University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cognitive development
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cross-cultural psychology ⓘ cultural psychology ⓘ cultural-historical activity theory ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
anthropology of education
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developmental psychology ⓘ sociocultural psychology ⓘ |
| hasAdvised | graduate students in psychology and human development ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
context-specific nature of cognition
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cultural-historical approach to mind ⓘ mediational means in human action ⓘ |
| hasRole |
author of textbooks on child development
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co-author of cross-cultural research monographs ⓘ editor of academic journals in psychology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aleksei Leontiev
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linked to:
Alexei Leontiev
Alexander Luria ⓘ Lev Vygotsky ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Psychological Association
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Society for Research in Child Development ⓘ |
| name | Michael Cole ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extending Lev Vygotsky’s ideas into cultural psychology
ⓘ
work on cross-cultural cognition ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cultural Psychology: A Once and Future Discipline
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Mind in Society (editor and translator, with others) ⓘ
linked to:
Mind in Society
The Development of Children ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
ⓘ
psychologist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
activity theory
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cross-cultural studies of cognition ⓘ historical development of psychological functions ⓘ learning in everyday settings ⓘ mediated action ⓘ |
| workLocation |
San Diego, California
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linked to:
San Diego, California, United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael Cole Description of subject: Michael Cole is an American psychologist and cultural-historical theorist known for his work on cross-cultural cognition and for extending Lev Vygotsky’s ideas into the field of cultural psychology.
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