Department of Human Development and Family Science
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The Department of Human Development and Family Science is an academic unit focused on studying human growth, relationships, and family systems across the lifespan, often integrating research, education, and community engagement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Human Development and Family Science canonical | 2 |
| Department of Family Science and Social Work | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10146954 — 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: Department of Human Development and Family Science Context triple: [Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, hasUnit, Department of Human Development and Family Science]
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Department of Human Development
The Department of Human Development is an academic unit at Teachers College, Columbia University that focuses on the study of human growth, learning, and psychological development across the lifespan.
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College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
The College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences is a major academic division at Brigham Young University that focuses on disciplines such as sociology, psychology, economics, geography, and family studies to explore human behavior and social systems.
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School of Human Sciences
The School of Human Sciences at Osaka University is an interdisciplinary faculty focused on studying human behavior, society, and well-being through fields such as psychology, sociology, and related social sciences.
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School of Human Sciences
The School of Human Sciences is an academic unit at Stephen F. Austin State University that focuses on disciplines related to human development, family and consumer sciences, and the improvement of individual and community well-being.
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E.
Department of Comparative Human Development
The Department of Comparative Human Development is an interdisciplinary academic unit that studies human development and behavior across cultural, social, biological, and psychological contexts.
- 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: Department of Human Development and Family Science Target entity description: The Department of Human Development and Family Science is an academic unit focused on studying human growth, relationships, and family systems across the lifespan, often integrating research, education, and community engagement.
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Department of Human Development
The Department of Human Development is an academic unit at Teachers College, Columbia University that focuses on the study of human growth, learning, and psychological development across the lifespan.
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B.
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
The College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences is a major academic division at Brigham Young University that focuses on disciplines such as sociology, psychology, economics, geography, and family studies to explore human behavior and social systems.
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C.
School of Human Sciences
The School of Human Sciences at Osaka University is an interdisciplinary faculty focused on studying human behavior, society, and well-being through fields such as psychology, sociology, and related social sciences.
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D.
School of Human Sciences
The School of Human Sciences is an academic unit at Stephen F. Austin State University that focuses on disciplines related to human development, family and consumer sciences, and the improvement of individual and community well-being.
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E.
Department of Comparative Human Development
The Department of Comparative Human Development is an interdisciplinary academic unit that studies human development and behavior across cultural, social, biological, and psychological contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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organizational unit ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
community organizations
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health agencies ⓘ schools ⓘ |
| employs |
academic advisors
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faculty members ⓘ research staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
adolescent development
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adult development ⓘ aging ⓘ child development ⓘ family policy ⓘ family science ⓘ family studies ⓘ family systems ⓘ family therapy (non-clinical focus may vary by institution) ⓘ human development ⓘ interpersonal relationships ⓘ lifespan development ⓘ marriage and family relationships ⓘ parenting ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
community-based interventions for families
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cultural influences on families ⓘ diverse family structures ⓘ family systems across the lifespan ⓘ human growth across the lifespan ⓘ |
| goal |
advance knowledge of human development
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improve family well-being ⓘ prepare students for careers serving individuals and families ⓘ |
| hasMainActivity |
community engagement
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research ⓘ service learning ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| language | English (typical in U.S.-based departments) ⓘ |
| offers |
courses on family relationships
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courses on human growth across the lifespan ⓘ courses on research methods in human development ⓘ graduate programs in human development and family science (typical) ⓘ undergraduate programs in human development and family science (typical) ⓘ |
| partOf |
college of education (in some universities)
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college of health and human services (in some universities) ⓘ college or school of human sciences (typical) ⓘ |
| typicalStudentOutcomes |
preparation for graduate study in related fields
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preparation for human services careers ⓘ |
| usesApproach |
evidence-based practice
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interdisciplinary research ⓘ systems perspective on families ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Department of Human Development and Family Science Description of subject: The Department of Human Development and Family Science is an academic unit focused on studying human growth, relationships, and family systems across the lifespan, often integrating research, education, and community engagement.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
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hasUnit
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Department of Human Development and Family Science
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linked to: Department of Human Development and Family Science