I-Abnormal Psychology ibhekisela kugatsha lwesayensi yengqondo elibhekene nocwaningo lokuziphatha okungavamile kanye ne-psychopathology. Igxile ekuqondeni, ekuxilongeni, nasekwelapheni ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo, ukugula okungokwengqondo, nezindlela zokuziphatha ezingavamile. I-Abnormal Psychology ihlola izimbangela, izimpawu, kanye nokwelashwa kokuphazamiseka kwengqondo okuhlukahlukene, njengokuphazamiseka kokukhathazeka, ukuphazamiseka kwemizwelo, ukuphazamiseka kobuntu, ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo, nokunye okuningi. Kubandakanya ukutadisha izici ezingokwengqondo, zebhayoloji, zezenhlalo, nezemvelo ezinomthelela ekuthuthukisweni nasekuboniseni ukuziphatha okungavamile. Inkambu ihlose ukuhlonza, ukuhlukanisa, kanye nokuhlinzeka ngokungenelela kwabantu ngabanye abahlangabezana nemicabango ecindezelayo nengasebenzi kahle, imizwelo, nokuziphatha okuphambuka ezinkambisweni zomphakathi futhi kuphazamise ukusebenza kwansuku zonke.