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AP Psychology 1.5 History and Approaches. The area of psychology focused on determining causes, treatments, and prevention of psychological disorders is called what?
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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by psychology and
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[Man and woman sat in a psychologist's office] how does that make you feel? ...Here's our question the area of psychology focused
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on determining causes treatments and prevention of psychological disorders is
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called and here's your potential answers....
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Well for this question it's really all in the name take answer A please educational [Man sitting in a chair]
Full Transcript
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psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with yep you guessed it how we
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learn.. differences in intelligence cognitive development and motivations for
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learning are all things that contribute to the study of how when and why we [Girl dancing around]
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learn they're also things that fall under the umbrella of educational [Man holding an education psychology umbrella]
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psychology well personality psychology is concerned with human personalities
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and the psychological similarities and differences between individuals...Several
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prevalent theories seem to explain these similarities and differences including [Dump truck unloading theories]
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trait theories, personality type theories, psychoanalytic theories and a ton of
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other theories that don't have a lot to do with what we're looking for.. Cognitive
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psychology focuses on the study of the mind and mental function and in a more [Man's head opens and lots of cogs are turning]
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modern context it considers the brain as one effectively complex computing
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system of course some cognitive psychology would deal with psychological
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disorders but to feel itself is simply to broad to fit our answers so we can cross off C.
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....And similarly behavioral psychology a field concerned mainly with behavior and [Man crying while sitting with a girl on a park bench]
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how behavior is caused often deals directly with psychological disorders
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modern behavioral psychologists often study and treat mental disorders like
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autism, substance abuse, addiction, depression and mental illness but while
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it's incredibly important it's also apparently been taking the elevator of [Girl kicking books around a room]
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it too often by which we mean it's far too broad for our definition so we can
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eliminate E...Which means that our trim fit and most importantly correct answer
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is D; clinical psychology - Clinical psychology is the area of psychology
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that examines the reasons why mental disorders like anxiety, depression and [Man pointing to a definition of clinical psychology]
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schizophrenia occur and how to manage and prevent them which is exactly what
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we're looking for now back to the most important question how did answering
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this question make you feel?... [Two people sitting in a psychologist office]
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