Originally published in 1994, An Illustrated History of American Psychology describes in words and illustrates with pictures many of the highlights of psychology's recent past. The text broadly organizes modern American psychology in three traditional epochs: its founding, its development, and its maturity. Annotation. Originally published in 1994, An Illustrated History of American Psychology describes in words and illustrates with pictures many of the highlights of psychology's recent past. The text broadly organizes modern American psychology in three traditional epochs: its founding, its development, and its maturity.