David Kinderhok

In the beginning of the chapter, David Kinderhook loses his job due to a simple mistake. A simple mistake that is later useful in future psychology research. According to David, his job is a duty instead of a career. Little did he know that his contributions would make a great impact in the history of psychology. Even though David was soon fired because his calculations were five – tenths off from the time of the star movements, he was able to make his skills useful by becoming a school master and sharing his knowledge with others. Needless to say that a person might not know how much they contributed to a subject by simply creating ideas and doing experiments based on those ideas. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, but when the ideas become useful in everyday life that idea will be forever recognized. There are many psychologist, physicist, and scientists that
Each idea in psychology contributes by explaining more complex ideas. A famous physiologist, Ernest Weber contributed to psychology by applying experimental methods to solve a complex problem. His method was the beginning of experimental research in psychology. Without Weber, the world would not be able to use experimental data effectively to solve problems. Weber also contributed to psychology by creating the theory of the two – point threshold in which identifies two points of distinguished stimulation. When scientist applies the principles of this research, we understand the relationship and function between skin and muscular sensations. Weber’s discovery of these senses led him to research the first quantitative law. Based on his data and information, he was able to calculate the just noticeable difference, which is simply the difference between two stimuli. Weber’s discovery opened the door excessively to sensory explanations which came later in time to show how stimuli affect the