What's the difference between physiological and psychological?

[jayleno]

I always get mixed up of these two when it comes to questions , i know psychological usually refers to cognitive processes but what does physiological exactly mean? it is in the outside
can you please explain with a example

[brenden]

I always get mixed up of these two when it comes to questions , i know psychological usually refers to cognitive processes but what does physiological exactly mean? it is in the outside
can you please explain with a example

Well physiological... Think of it like a glorified way of saying physical! "Phys". It just refers to the body and what's going on there.

So a high level of "physiological arousal" is like, heart rate going up, beta waves present-- your physical body is pinging off its chops

Make sense?

[wyzard]

I always get mixed up of these two when it comes to questions , i know psychological usually refers to cognitive processes but what does physiological exactly mean? it is in the outside
can you please explain with a example

Physiological refers to the physical body, like the muscles, bone structure etc Physiology is basically the combination of the word "Physical" and "Biological". Hence physiological response usually means the physical reaction of the body, like when we get nervous, our heart pumps faster.

Meanwhile Psychological means what's going on in the inner mind, like the thoughts, emotions, beliefs etc. These two are definitely linked together, as psychological reactions almost always lead to some form of physiological response and vice versa.

[jayleno]

thanks guy i get it now