History and Systems in Psychology

After reading the following pages one will have a higher respect for the history of psychology as well as its present day effect on the science community. One should also have a better understanding of the three following important details of psychology. First, will identify and explore the philosophers relating to the beginning of psychology as a discipline. Second, identify major philosophers in the western tradition, whom were prime contributors to the formation of psychology as a discipline. Third, including the exploration of psychology in the 19th century.

History and Systems of Psychology
Many people today including many psychology students do not tend to stop and think about the history of psychology. Where would we be at today in psychology if no one thought to consider, just how did psychology come to be? Philosophy, chemistry, and biology are just a few disciplines that have contributed to psychology. Just as everything has a history, psychology has an interesting story to tell. The following paragraphs will identify and explore the philosophers relating to the beginning of psychology as a discipline, as well as identify major philosophers in the western tradition that were prime contributors to the formation of psychology as a discipline; will also include the exploration of psychology in the 19th century.
Herman Ebbinghaus is the known inventor of the “nonsense syllable”. A nonsense syllable, is a word consisting of only one syllable most of the time, which has absolutely no meaning by its self (Goodwin, 2008). Ebbinghaus was also the first person to study the human memory experimentally (Goodwin, 2008). Rene Descartes is sometimes referred to as the “father of modern philosophy, mathematics, physiology, and psychology (Goodwin, 2008). Rene Descartes was a philosopher in the 17th century. He was educated through the church, which he later left in 1614 because he was not satisfied with his education and strongly believed there