biological psychology: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	physiological psychology

Topics

human behaviour behaviour Physiology psychology Cognitive science evolutionary psychology Metabolomics sexology behaviour genetics psychophysics pathology endocrinology psychopharmacology hematology

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

motivation: Physiological, psychological, and philosophical approaches

Key People

default image

William McDougall

American psychologist

Bain, detail of an oil painting by Sir George Reid; in the collection of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Alexander Bain

Scottish philosopher

default image

James Ward

British philosopher and psychologist

Ladd

George Trumbull Ladd

American psychologist and philosopher

greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)

Biology Bonanza