abnormal psychology

noun

the branch of psychology that deals with modes of behavior, mental phenomena, etc., that deviate markedly from the standards believed to characterize a well-adjusted personality.

abnormal psychology

the study of behaviour patterns that diverge widely from generally accepted norms, esp those of a pathological nature

First recorded in 1900–05

Science (medicine, abnormal psychology, and the social sciences especially) is showing more and more why men act as they do.

Their summary inclusion under the heading of "Abnormal Psychology" will, however, lead to a shallow interpretation of Strindberg.

There are passages in his writings, and phases of his autobiography, that raise questions of Abnormal Psychology.

Yet that is what present-day normal and abnormal psychology has been enabled to do!

His investigations of abnormal psychology are world-acknowledged.

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