Branch of psychology places a school of thought within the wider field it belongs to. Wikipedia notes that behaviorism, formed by John B. Watson, "was popularized by B. F. Skinner through operant conditioning," a later development within the same broad field. Browsing by branch shows which broader area of psychology a school of thought grew from.
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Era of Emergence Branch of Psychology
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1. Wikipedia: Clinical psychology
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The field is generally considered to have begun in 1896 with the opening of the first psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania by Lightner Witmer.
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