psychologische

Psychologische is a German adjective derived from Psychologie and is used to denote relation to psychology or to psychological processes. It appears in scholarly and everyday language to describe theories, findings, and phenomena that pertain to the science of mind and behavior.

In German, adjectives inflect for gender, number, and case. When used attributively before a feminine singular noun or before plural nouns, the form psychologische is used (for example, psychologische Theorie, psychologische Konzepte). The masculine nominative singular would be psychologischer, the neuter psychologisches, with other endings depending on case and article.

Common usages include phrases such as psychologische Forschung (psychological research), psychologische Tests (psychological tests), psychologische Beratung (psychological counseling), or psychologische Auswirkungen (psychological effects). In academic writing it often accompanies nouns like Kognition, Entwicklung, Erklärung, and Verhalten to specify that discussion concerns psychological aspects rather than physical ones. The term can also appear in predicative position, though with different constructions, such as Die Ergebnisse sind psychologisch belastend, where the related adverb psychologisch emphasizes degree.

Related terms in German include psychisch, which more directly describes mental states, and various compound forms using psycho- as a prefix. In English, the direct translation is psychological. The term psychologische thus functions as a key descriptor across disciplines that study mind, behavior, and related processes.