Which statement defines psychotherapy most accurately?
a. Systematic interventions designed to improvebehavior, emotion, or cognition
b. The scientific study of abnormal behavior
c. A system of observing abnormal behavior in an attempt to classify it
d. The application of a theoretical model to explain the cause of abnormal behavior
A
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