I've always taken the "xeno" part to refer to the unknown - as in types of creature, plant or whatever the "xeno" tag is attached to, which is unlike that which is already known... whereas the plain science, let's say Psychology, refers to that which is known - in this case, how a given group will react because they will have studied existing case studies and read papers on the various groups and so can extrapolate the approximate reaction of a given group based on that information.
The Xenopsychologist would be able to determine the likely reaction of any group they encounter based on such things as locomotion, predatory or grazing tendancies, local pressures and so on, but unless they've studied Psychology too (which is likely) they won't be able to tell you any of the behaviour of a given group without first studying the characteristics of that group.
In a similar vein, I've always viewed Xenobiology as a full understanding of the way Biology works and then to be able to work out how it is likely to adapt under unique circumstances, to produce unseen results.
Of course, it's up to you if you want to combine the two and it would certainly be understandable to do so, but it might be good for separating specialist Biologists, for example, from doctors and the like who don't necessarily need to know how to understand new life forms, just the standard ones they train for...
The Xenopsychologist would be able to determine the likely reaction of any group they encounter based on such things as locomotion, predatory or grazing tendancies, local pressures and so on, but unless they've studied Psychology too (which is likely) they won't be able to tell you any of the behaviour of a given group without first studying the characteristics of that group.
In a similar vein, I've always viewed Xenobiology as a full understanding of the way Biology works and then to be able to work out how it is likely to adapt under unique circumstances, to produce unseen results.
Of course, it's up to you if you want to combine the two and it would certainly be understandable to do so, but it might be good for separating specialist Biologists, for example, from doctors and the like who don't necessarily need to know how to understand new life forms, just the standard ones they train for...
) into specialties - as the market demands (ala IT example) as well as knowledge and technology expands... so where does one draw the line - is that an aquatic entomologist or an agricultural entomologist? Just about every branch of research or human endeavor could be broken down into numerous sub-designations.
