On the Witness Stand
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On the Witness Stand is a pioneering early 20th-century book on forensic psychology that examines the reliability of eyewitness testimony and the application of psychological principles to legal proceedings.
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| On the Witness Stand canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Witness Stand Context triple: [Hugo Münsterberg, notableWork, On the Witness Stand]
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A.
Body of Evidence
Body of Evidence is a 1993 erotic thriller film best known for starring Madonna alongside Willem Dafoe in a controversial, sexually explicit murder trial story.
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B.
Presumed Innocent
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C.
The Deposition
The Deposition is a renowned High Renaissance altarpiece by Raphael depicting the mournful transport of Christ’s body after the Crucifixion.
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Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing
Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing is a landmark 1989 photography exhibition and catalog curated by Nan Goldin that documented the impact of the AIDS crisis on New York’s downtown art community.
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E.
A Question of Proof
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Witness Stand Target entity description: On the Witness Stand is a pioneering early 20th-century book on forensic psychology that examines the reliability of eyewitness testimony and the application of psychological principles to legal proceedings.
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A.
Body of Evidence
Body of Evidence is a 1993 erotic thriller film best known for starring Madonna alongside Willem Dafoe in a controversial, sexually explicit murder trial story.
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B.
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent is a 1990 legal thriller film, based on Scott Turow’s novel, about a prosecutor accused of murdering his colleague and former lover.
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C.
The Deposition
The Deposition is a renowned High Renaissance altarpiece by Raphael depicting the mournful transport of Christ’s body after the Crucifixion.
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D.
Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing
Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing is a landmark 1989 photography exhibition and catalog curated by Nan Goldin that documented the impact of the AIDS crisis on New York’s downtown art community.
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E.
A Question of Proof
A Question of Proof is a 1935 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake and introducing his amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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forensic psychology book ⓘ |
| addresses | practical courtroom problems from a psychological perspective ⓘ |
| author | Hugo Münsterberg ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
limitations of traditional legal assumptions about memory
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uncritical acceptance of eyewitness testimony in courts ⓘ |
| describedAs | pioneering early 20th-century book on forensic psychology ⓘ |
| field |
law
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psychology ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlaceOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
application of psychological principles to legal proceedings
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reliability of eyewitness testimony ⓘ |
| genre |
applied psychology
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forensic psychology ⓘ legal psychology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on memory and testimony
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chapters on the detection of deception ⓘ chapters on the psychology of the jury ⓘ chapters on the psychology of the witness ⓘ |
| hasReprint | modern academic reprints in psychology and law series ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
foundational work in the development of forensic psychology as a field
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one of the earliest systematic treatments of psychology in the courtroom ⓘ |
| influencedDiscipline |
eyewitness testimony research
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forensic psychology ⓘ legal psychology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
confessions
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expert testimony ⓘ eyewitness testimony ⓘ forensic psychology ⓘ jury decision-making ⓘ legal proceedings ⓘ lie detection ⓘ memory reliability ⓘ psychology and law ⓘ suggestibility ⓘ |
| proposes |
greater role for psychologists as expert witnesses
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use of psychological experiments to evaluate witness reliability ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Doubleday, Page & Company
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linked to:
Doubleday
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| targetAudience |
judges
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lawyers ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ psychologists ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | early 20th century ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
Harvard psychologist Hugo Münsterberg
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linked to:
Hugo Münsterberg
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