Psychology vs Sexology - What's the difference?
psychology | sexology | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The study of the human mind.
(uncountable) The study of human behavior.
(uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
(countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
* 1970 , Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth , page 8:
* 1969 , Victor Alba, The Latin Americans , page 42:
The study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.
Sexology is a synonym of psychology.
As nouns the difference between psychology and sexology
is that psychology is the study of the human mind while sexology is the study of sex and sexuality, usually from a psychological or clinical perspective.psychology
English
(wikipedia psychology)Noun
- For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
- In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.