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Brought to you by reverse psychology Whatever you do do

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not continue watching this video Stop Turn back now All

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right here's our question The most commonly practiced area of

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psychology is what And here a potential answers Thanks Quackery

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is another Well in order to figure out this question

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let's take a look at what a psychologist in each

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field would specialize It will start with a educational psychology

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Well an educational psychologist goals to examine how people learn

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then utilize their findings to help boost student performance in

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the classroom This research helps improve teaching methods testing processes

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and workplace training programs in a helpful branch of psychology

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No question about it Is it the most commonly practiced

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branch on not quite a personality psychologist studies the similarities

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and differences between people and how different personality types behave

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in specific social situations I wonder what they say about

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a person who hangs out with pet parties Not that

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that's us or anything Anyway the sort of psychologist may

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work within academia or specialising mitch fields like conflict resolution

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It's Interesting sure but definitely not one you see every

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day A cognitive psychologist Would likely spend their career conducting

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research on cognitive function and focusing on specific areas of

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cognition like memory problem solving or learning disabilities There work

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attempts to shed light into the cognitive issues that some

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people face in order to help them lead better lives

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It's an admirable focus but not the answer we're looking

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for So how about e The behavioral psychologists use learning

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theories to help patients modify their behaviors in order to

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improve their lives often aiding in the treatment of anxiety

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depression and mental illness Positive behavior training or cbt is

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in it increasingly common form of treatment for patients suffering

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from such mental health issues which works to change patterns

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of unhelpful thinking However even though it's growing in popularity

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there still one answer that's king in the ring he

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is our answer The american psychological association recognizes fifty three

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unique divisions of psychology among these clinical psychology is the

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most widely recognized and commonly associated with the field In

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fact it's so common that when someone says they're a

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psychologist we probably assume that they spend their time helping

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patients managed treat prevent mental problems In other words we

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assume there are clinical Psychologist Are you still watching This

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