Psychology / Unit 12 Psych 1328 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Psychological Perspective on Disorders
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The idea
The psychological perspective explains disorders through learning history, thought patterns, and unresolved conflict.
In practice
A phobia is traced to a conditioned association and to avoidance that prevented extinction.
Where people slip
A psychological account and a biological one describe the same case at different levels. They are not competitors.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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