Between the17th and 19th centuries,supernatural explanations for psychological disorders began to give way to two scientific approaches: ____.

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During the 17th and 19th centuries, the medical model, which posited that psychological disorders had physiological causes which could be treated medically, and the psychological model, which focused on the cognitive and emotional factors underlying psychological disorders, began to replace the supernatural explanations previously used to explain these disorders. Option A and Option D are incorrect because both functionalism and behaviorism, as well as psychodynamic theory and humanism, emerged after the medical and psychological models. Option B is incorrect because both the cognitive and behavioral models emerged in the 20th century, after the period mentioned in the question.

Between The17th and 19th Centuries,supernatural Explanations for Psychological Disorders Began