psicológico

Psicológico is an adjective in Spanish that designates phenomena related to the mind, mental processes, emotions, and behavior, or to the science of psychology. It agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies (psicológico, psicológica; psicológicos, psicológicas). The term is derived from psychology, which comes from the Greek psyche (mind, soul) and logos (study).

In usage, psicológico describes aspects, conditions, or methods connected to mental life. Examples include estado psicológico, evaluación psicológica, desarrollo psicológico, trastorno psicológico, and bienestar psicológico. It is commonly employed across professional fields and everyday language to distinguish mental or cognitive dimensions from purely physical ones.

Fields and applications of the term span clinical psychology, educational psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, and organizational psychology. In clinical contexts, it refers to assessments and interventions addressing mental health; in educational settings, it concerns learning processes and student assessment; in research, it designates studies of perception, memory, motivation, and behavior within social contexts.

Etymology traces the word to Greek roots and to the broader Latin and Romance language evolution of psychological discourse. Related terms include psicología (the science itself), psicólogo/psicóloga (a professional who practices psychology), and psychophysiological or psicofisiológico (relating to the interaction of mental and physiological processes). The adverbial form is psicológicamente.