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 * Name of article:Abnormal psychology
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. I chose this article because I wanted to learn more about the topic. I have many friends that have taken an abnormal psychology course but I have never actually known what it is.



The introductory sentence is clear and concise. It gives the reader a definition of what the topic is. By just reading the first line the reader can have a simple definition of abnormal psychology. The lead in this article does not include a description of all the major sections in this article. This is a relatively long article and the lead focus more on exampling to the reader what abnormal psychology is. The lead also mentions some information that is not included in the article. Such as the two types of behaviors that are studied in abnormal psychology. Overall this article has a good lead, it informs the reader with some of the major topics in abnormal psychology as well as exampling to the reader what abnormal psychology is. The content of the article is very relevant to the topic. All of the points and sections of the article explain and describe different aspects of abnormal psychology. From looking at other resources on the topic the content of this article is up to date. However, I did find that there were no examples of abnormal behaviors or disorders in the article. It could be improved by including a section that describes some abnormal behaviors and gives real-world examples. The article has a neutral tone with no biases toward any particular positions. There are no personal viewpoints in this article thus there is no persuasion. When explaining what causes abnormal behaviors the article makes sure to state that there is just not one cause but many interlinked reasons. Once again showing that this article does not have any bias. All of the facts in this article are backed up by reliable sources. Every paragraph has at least one link containing a source. All of the sources are journal articles and academic books. The sources are thorough and filled with up to date information on abnormal psychology. Some of the sources do not have links associated with them. These sources, however, are properly cited and a quick google search of the citation will bring you to the article. This article is easy to read and very clear. After reading over the article a few times I have not seen any grammatical or spelling errors that need to be fixed. It is well organized with many headings and subheadings. This makes it very easy to read only the sections the reader is interested in or needs more information on. The article also does a good job of explaining what unusual words to the average reader would not understand. This article does not include any images which are appropriate for this topic. This article has a lot of conversations on the talk page. Some of the comments include that the history section and other sections are missing information. However, these comments were made up to ten years ago and the article seems to be updated since then. Some of the more recent comments in the talk section are some external links need to be fixed or someone has fixed them. Also defining the word abnormal in terms of what the word "normal" is and some people have added to the asylum section. There is are two article reviews in this section. This article has a C-Class on the quality scale and rated High-importance on the importance scale. It is also a part of WikiProject Psychology. Overall this is a well-written article. It provides great detail on all of the topics discussed. It could be improved by adding some examples of abnormal psychology. The article is well developed with lots of academic sources and information on the topic.