Hugo Munsterberg

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This paper discusses how Hugo Munsterberg is often described as a central innovator in the fields of industrial as well as experimental and clinical psychology. It looks at how his work is also relevant to the field of crime and forensics and how he is credited with challenging the effectiveness eyewitness testimonies.

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Accomplishments and Views on Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Industrial Psychology
Applied and Forensic Psychology
Medicine, Education, Sociology
History and Influences
Criticisms of his Work

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"Munsterberg is often referred to as the father of applied psychology. His work was influenced by the work of several other psychologists, such as Binet, (1900), Bolton, (1896) and Cattell, (1895), who investigated the application of cognitive processes in terms of legal as well as criminal issues. At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Munsterberg and other psychologists, "....conducted applied experimental studies on perception and memory, suggestibility, confessions, lie detection, and hypnotism" (Yarmey, 2003). In other words, Munsterberg was part of an experimental trajectory in psychology in the years at the start the Twentieth Century that demonstrated the value and possibilities of scientific psychology in the legal and forensic field of inquiry. Munsterberg was one of the most outspoken exponents in this field. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Calkins, M. W. (1916). An Introduction to Psychology. New York: The Macmillan Company. Retrieved March 14, 2008, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14330697
• Harrington K. ( 1997) Hugo Munsterberg:1863 - 1916. Retrieved March 13, 2008, from http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/munsterb.htm
• Horley, J. (2003). Personal Construct Perspectives on Forensic Psychology. Hove, England: Brunner-Routledge. Retrieved March 13, 2008, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=107452896
• Industrial Psychology in Britain. Retrieved March 13, 2008, from http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_age_of_the_mass/05.ST.06/?scene=3
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