1. Hugo Münsterberg ( )

2. Early Career Obtained his Ph.D. under Wundt in 1882
Directed the lab in Freiburg (Swirtzerland) --had the lab in his own house.
In 1892, enticed by James to direct the Psychology lab at Harvard University
In 1902, wrote American Traits

3. About the Münster lab http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Munster/Lab/
Go to the URL, look at the pictures, glance at the contents of the catalog, look at the experiments that were on-going. If you were in that lab, which of these experiements would interest you most?

4. Münsterberg's interests
Industrial psychology
Forensic Psychology

5. Industrial Psychology
Go look at his writings on the topic at:
This is the first "official" applied psychology book. What does Münsterberg think of applied psychology?
What are the areas of industrial psychology Münsterberg considers important?
What do you think of his analysis?

6. Forensics
Go look at his writings on forensics at
Look at the content of his writings. Choose something to read. Summarize. What do you think?

7. Industrial Psychology Today
APA division 14
Go to the SIOP site. What seem to be some of the important issues today? What materials on there might be of special interest to students?

8. Forensics today
APA Division 41 at
Go to the division site itself
What material there is interesting to students?
Go to their "links", explore some of the other organizations

9. Applied research relevant to forensics
The work of Elizabeth Loftus. Look at her site at
Read one of her articles. A well-known article that has become a classic is that about creating false memories at

10. Münsterberg and psychotherapy
Wrote Psychotherapy in 1909
advocates a behavioral approach.
There is no subconscious --though for a time, he did use hypnosis.
Read a 1911 encyclopedia article on psychotherapy that uses Münsterberg as one of its sources. Go to

11. The End