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PSYCHONOMICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues
Synonyms:
experimental psychology; psychonomics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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)
