“Abnormal” just means “not common”. It does not mean “wrong” or “bad”. Abnormal psychology is the study of uncommon psychological things. Like having a personality disorder, an anxiety disorder or having some sort of brain injury.
Abnormal psychology has a very difficult history, with awful insane asylums where people were shut away. However nowadays we are focused on understanding and helping anyone with an abnormal condition – and using the research to better understand how humans and the brain work.
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