physiological psychology

American  

noun

1. the branch of psychology concerned with the relationship between the physical functioning of an organism and its behavior.

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physiological psychology British  

noun

1. the branch of psychology concerned with the study and correlation of physiological and psychological events

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Etymology

Origin of physiological psychology

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

A PhD in physiological psychology and a focus on brain processes and schizophrenia followed.

From The Guardian

As a graduate fellow at Boston University, I helped teach an introductory course on physiological psychology.

From Scientific American

Born in Harlem and raised in the South Bronx, O'Keefe received his doctoral degree in physiological psychology at McGill University in Canada before moving to England for postdoctoral work at the University College London.

From Seattle Times

But the moment we consider the special influence on the red of the elements constituting our body, outlined by the well-known perspective with head invisible, we are at work in the domain of physiological psychology.

From Project Gutenberg

From this region of psychical physiology or physiological psychology, Hegel in the second sub-section of his first part takes us to the “Phenomenology of Mind,”—to Consciousness.

From Project Gutenberg