Good Business Sense Hugo Munsterberg, a pioneer in the field of
industrial psychology, examined the workplace particularly the
impact of monotony, attention and fatigue, and physical and
social influences. As a professor of psychology at Harvard
University, he and his students devised a number of different
tests to administer to the personnel of various industrial
plants. Munsterberg also studied the reliability of eyewitness
testimonies and published his findings in "On the Witness Stand"
in 1908. A psychologist and philosopher, Munsterberg received
his medical degree from the University of Heidelberg. He
attended the first International Congress of Psychology in Paris
and served as president of the American Psychology Association.
Born in 1863, Munsterberg died on this date in 1916. Copyright
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