psychonomics

9.9

The study of how the mind works using experiments

noun
/saɪˈkoʊnɒmɪks/

Specialized

: psiconomía

Psychonomics uses controlled experiments to explore how people learn and remember information.

Examples

Psychonomics relies on rigorous experimental methods to study cognitive functions.
He specialized in psychonomics to better understand how humans learn and make decisions.
Advances in psychonomics have deepened our knowledge of memory and perception.
The study of psychonomics is fascinating.
Many researchers focus on psychonomics to understand behavior.
Researchers in psychonomics apply scientific methods to investigate cognitive processes.
Through psychonomics, scientists are able to measure the effects of various stimuli on mental performance.

Synonyms

experimental psychology

vspsychonomics

Specialized

1 4.1

Study of how the mind and behavior work using tests and experiments

focuses on studying internal psychological processes rather than observable behavior

Surface Forms

psychonomics singular

psychonomics plural

Morphology

psychonomics = psycho + nom + ics

The word is built from classical combining elements, but the specialized academic sense is not predictable for an average learner from those parts alone.

Etymology

Psychonomics joins psycho- ('mind') and -nomics ('rules' or 'laws'), like in economics. So, psychonomics is about finding the 'rules of the mind' by careful experiments.