PSYCHONOMICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychonomics mean? 

• PSYCHONOMICS (noun)
  The noun PSYCHONOMICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues

  Familiarity information: PSYCHONOMICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHONOMICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

experimental psychology; psychonomics

Hypernyms ("psychonomics" is a kind of...):

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psychonomics"):

psychophysics (the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects)

behaviorism; behavioristic psychology; behaviourism; behaviouristic psychology (an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior)