Definition of Abnormal psychology

1. Noun. The branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior.

Exact synonyms: Psychopathology
Generic synonyms: Psychological Science, Psychology
Derivative terms: Psychopathologic

Definition of Abnormal psychology

1. Noun. The academic study of persons whose psychological characteristics deviate from the norm, as with neuroses, psychoses, and disorders ¹

2. Noun. An instance of a person having psychological characteristics that deviate from the norm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abnormal Psychology

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Literary usage of Abnormal psychology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Psychology by Mary Whiton Calkins, ( (1914)
"abnormal psychology Barely incidental reference has been made, in this book, to an important branch of psychology — the study ..."

2. A First Book in Psychology by Mary Whiton Calkins (1912)
"abnormal psychology Barely incidental reference has been made, in this book, to an important branch of psychology — the study of abnormal forms of ..."

3. The Primer of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"CHAPTER XIV abnormal psychology sleep. § 109. Sleep and Dreams.—The series of waking consciousnesses (§ 17) is interrupted, at fairly regular intervals, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Section d, abnormal psychology.—Chairman: Professor Moses Allen Starr, Columbia University. Speakers: Dr. Pierre Janet, professor at the Sorbonne, Paris; ..."

5. General Psychology by Walter Samuel Hunter (1919)
"CHAPTER III - abnormal psychology Problems.—The field of abnormal psychology has long included a list of more or less unrelated problems, the claim for ..."

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