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In order to discuss Psychology's history, it is important to understand that psychology still does not have one unifying approach unlike the natural sciences; even the definition of Psychology and what it truly means is still undecided. However I shall attempt to review chronologically its philosophical origins, include how the science of Physics and Biology were placed in history and how they influenced research and determined the development of Psychology as its recognised today. Beginning with the philosophers Plato and Aristotle (between 428- 347) in ancient Greece, they began to ask questions on learning, motivation, memory, dreaming and perception. Reluctant to measure, Plato and Aristotle believed the truth could be discovered through self-analysis. Aristotle describes his theory as "enlightenment" an idea that the mind influences the body but the body cannot influence the mind. This self-analytical experience is named introspection and introduces us firstly to Structuralism and the future of Psychology. One of the...

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