Hugo Münsterberg

Hugo Münsterberg (1863 - 1916) was a U.S. (German-born, in Danzig) psychologist.

He moved to Harvard University, encouraged by William James, and became a leading figure in American experimental psychology. He was a pioneer of industrial psychology. He held controversial views on the reliability of witness testimony.

He also became interested in film; his 1916 book The Photoplay has been called the first major work of film theory.

Works

• Beitrage zur experimentetten Psychologie (4 vols., Freiburg, 1889-1892)
• Psychology and Life (New York, 1899)
• Grundzüge der Psychologie (Leipzig, 1900)
• American Traits from the Point of View of a German (Boston, 1901)
• Die Amerikaner (several ed.; Eng. trans. 1904);
• Science and Idealism (New York, 1906)
• Philosophie der Werte (Leipzig, 1908)
• Aus Deutsch-Amerika (Berlin, 1908)
• Psychology and Crime (New York, 1908)
• On the witness stand (1908)
• The Photoplay (1916)

References

• Hugo Münsterberg, his life and work (1922) Margarete Anna Adelheid Münsterberg
• Hugo Münsterberg on Film (2002) Allan Langdale