physiological psychology

noun

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

physiological psychology

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of physiological psychology¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Finally the laws of physiological psychology were found to confirm this early belief.

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With the scientific basis of their method—the laws of physiological psychology—the old masters were utterly unacquainted.

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But neo-Kantianism has developed on higher lines than those of physiological psychology.

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He has not, like many modern philosophers, been contemptuous toward physiological psychology.

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So also did another phrase which Fechner introduced in the course of his book—the phrase "physiological psychology."

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