A new school of psychology,established by Dr.Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania,addresses the causes of happiness instead of looking into treatments for mental dysfunctions.This area of psychology is called ________.

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The new school of psychology established by Dr. Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania is called positive psychology, which focuses on identifying the causes and factors that contribute to happiness rather than diagnosing and treating mental disorders. Therefore, option D is the correct answer. Option A, evaluative therapy, is not a recognized term in psychology. Option B, positivism, is a philosophical approach to knowledge acquisition and not related to psychology. Option C, the happiness factor, is not a recognized term in psychology. Option E, moral relativism, is a philosophical approach to ethics and not related to psychology.

A New School of Psychology,established by Dr