These early research years corresponded with the founding of psychology as a scientific field (see history of psychology).

This was a large task; the course covered the entire history of psychology in 3 lectures a week for 2 years.

He described the history of psychology according to a view that differing schools of psychology are complementary and not incompatible.

The journal publishes theoretical articles and literature reviews on the philosophy of psychiatry, theories of consciousness, and treatises on the history of psychology, but not empirical work.

Over the course of the history of psychology, mentalism and behaviorism have clashed, with one or the other representing the dominant paradigm of psychological investigation at different times in history.