Abnormal Psychology vs Psychology of Personality: disorders, or how personality works?

Abnormal Psychology studies psychological disorders: what causes them, how they are assessed and how they are treated. Personality Psychology studies how personality forms and why people differ, using the same big theories (psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, biological) to explain everyday personality. Both cover personality disorders.

Neither syllabus lists a prerequisite, so either order works, and they share many theories. Psychology of Personality is the shorter: 61 instructional hours in 13 chapters, against 64.5 hours in 25 chapters for Abnormal Psychology. New to psychology? See Intro to Psychology vs Abnormal Psychology.

NCCRS recommends Psychology of Personality (Psychology 300) for 3 semester hours in Psychology in the lower division OR the upper division category; your college decides which. Abnormal Psychology (Psychology 180) is recommended for 3 semester hours in Psychology in the lower division category.

Abnormal Psychology: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Psychology among other subjects. Psychology of Personality: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower or upper division, in Psychology among other subjects.

Both are recommended in the same subjects: Psychology. Your college decides which requirement each one fills.

Abnormal Psychology: 25 chapters and 64.5 instructional hours. Psychology of Personality: 13 chapters and 61 instructional hours. Both are self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.

The format is the same in both: a final of 100 multiple-choice questions that counts for 25% of the grade.

Abnormal Psychology: Comer, Ronald, and Jonathan Comer. Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology. 10th ed., Worth Publishers, 2022 (optional). Psychology of Personality: Friedman, Howard S., and Miriam W. Schustack. Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research. 5th ed., Pearson (optional).

No: neither is on the ACE list. Abnormal Psychology has an NCCRS recommendation for 3 semester hours in Psychology; Psychology of Personality has an NCCRS recommendation for 3 semester hours in Psychology. Not being on the ACE list never means not recommended for credit.

70 or more passes Abnormal Psychology. Your transcript's grading scale shows the letter grade 70 maps to, which most colleges read as a C.

No. Open-book is fine for the Abnormal Psychology quizzes and assignment, but the final is proctored: lightly, with no camera, once you are at 70% or more, and fully otherwise.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Search your school in Find My College and ask your registrar which courses Psychology 180 and Psychology 300 would count as. It helps to name the subject: NCCRS recommends Abnormal Psychology in Psychology and Psychology of Personality in Psychology.