Hugo Muensterberg
Hugo Muensterberg · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Pioneer of applied psychology, including industrial and forensic psychology
1863, Danzig (Gdańsk), Germany — 1916, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Germany · United States (Harvard University)
Hugo Muensterberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Pioneer of applied psychology, including industrial and forensic psychology
Hugo Münsterberg was a pioneer of applied psychology who, at Harvard, opened the fields of industrial/organizational psychology, forensic psychology and the psychology of film to systematic study. His books brought psychological method to the workplace, the courtroom and the cinema. He was born into a Jewish family in Danzig, though he was later baptized a Christian.
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Pioneer of applied psychology, including industrial and forensic psychology
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
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