In A Brief History of Modern Psychology, Ludy Benjamin, leading historian in the field, discusses the history of both the science and the practice of psychology since the establishment of the first experimental psychology laboratory in 1879.

A History of Psychology is a unique collection of readings in psychology designed to expose students to primary source readings in psychology and some of the best contemporary historical scholarship by active historians of psychology, while at the same time providing students with an understanding of the philosophy and methods of historiography.