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Branch of psychology places a theory within the area of the field it was built to explain. Wikipedia states, "A theory is, in general, a set of propositions or ideas about something, developed in a variety of ways through any sort of reasoning," and a psychological theory applies that reasoning to mind and behavior. Browsing by branch groups theories that address the same part of psychology.

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Era of Emergence
1896 1
Branch of Psychology
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1. Wikipedia: Clinical psychology
WikipediaClinical psychology, History section
Quote, Clinical psychology, History section
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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