It later became the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, then was purchased by the APA in 1925, and resumed its original name in 1965. Contextual forces had an influence developing modern psychology.
Contextual forces are the cultural settings of the time.
They include the moral, intellectual, social, and political climate of the current day. To help with the contexual time frame we are discussing, we will take the stand that the science of psychology was officially born with the first psychological labs developed by Wundt in 1875 in Germany. Some people went to Germany to study under Wundt and returned to the United States and opened the world of psychology there. In the nineteenth century, the States were expanding west which influenced the building of new universities, thus teaching positions in psychology. In addition to applying psychology to the education arena, it was also needed for the social, and industrial problems associated with growing masses of people.