Muzafer
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Muzafer is the given name of Muzafer Sherif, a pioneering social psychologist best known for his work on group conflict and the Robbers Cave experiment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muzafer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7990946 — 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: Muzafer Context triple: [Muzafer Sherif, givenName, Muzafer]
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A.
Muazzez
Muazzez is a Turkish feminine given name borne by several notable women, including the prominent Sumerologist Muazzez İlmiye Çığ.
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B.
Fikret
Fikret is a Turkish surname most notably associated with the influential poet and educator Tevfik Fikret, a leading figure in late Ottoman literature.
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C.
Ziya
Ziya is a masculine given name of Turkish origin, historically associated with notable figures such as sociologist and nationalist thinker Ziya Gökalp.
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D.
Zaimoglu
Zaimoglu is the surname of Feridun Zaimoglu, a prominent German-Turkish author and artist known for his works on migration, identity, and multiculturalism.
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E.
Husan
Husan is a Palestinian village located in the Bethlehem Governorate of the West Bank.
- 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: Muzafer Target entity description: Muzafer is the given name of Muzafer Sherif, a pioneering social psychologist best known for his work on group conflict and the Robbers Cave experiment.
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A.
Muazzez
Muazzez is a Turkish feminine given name borne by several notable women, including the prominent Sumerologist Muazzez İlmiye Çığ.
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B.
Fikret
Fikret is a Turkish surname most notably associated with the influential poet and educator Tevfik Fikret, a leading figure in late Ottoman literature.
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C.
Ziya
Ziya is a masculine given name of Turkish origin, historically associated with notable figures such as sociologist and nationalist thinker Ziya Gökalp.
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D.
Zaimoglu
Zaimoglu is the surname of Feridun Zaimoglu, a prominent German-Turkish author and artist known for his works on migration, identity, and multiculturalism.
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E.
Husan
Husan is a Palestinian village located in the Bethlehem Governorate of the West Bank.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
social psychologist ⓘ |
| birthName | Muzafer Şerif Başoğlu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Turkey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-07-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1988-10-16 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Gardner Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ankara University
NERFINISHED
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Columbia University ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ |
| experimentConducted |
Autokinetic effect conformity experiments
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Robbers Cave experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sherif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
group dynamics
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intergroup relations ⓘ social norms ⓘ social psychology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Muzafer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Muzafer
NERFINISHED
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Muzaffer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Muzafer Şerif
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muzaffer Sherif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
research on intergroup conflict
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social identity theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gestalt psychology
NERFINISHED
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Gordon Allport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Turkish ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Turkish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Robbers Cave experiment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
realistic conflict theory ⓘ studies of social norms ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Group Conflict and Cooperation: Their Social Psychology
NERFINISHED
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In Common Predicament NERFINISHED ⓘ The Psychology of Social Norms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
psychologist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ödemiş NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Fairfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Carolyn Wood Sherif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoryDeveloped | realistic conflict theory ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Pennsylvania State University
NERFINISHED
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University of Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Muzafer Description of subject: Muzafer is the given name of Muzafer Sherif, a pioneering social psychologist best known for his work on group conflict and the Robbers Cave experiment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Muzafer Sherif