Definition of physiological. 1  1 : of or relating to physiology. 2  2 : characteristic of or appropriate to an organism's healthy or normal functioning the sodium level was physiological. 3  3 : differing in, involving, or affecting physiological factors a physiological strain of bacteria.
Motivated reasoning is confirmation bias taken to the next level. Motivated reasoning leads people to confirm what they already believe, while ignoring contrary data. But it also drives people to develop elaborate rationalizations to justify holding beliefs that logic and evidence have shown to be wrong.
A Practical Introduction to Inductive and Deductive Reasoning. Through the ages, logicians have discovered two different types of reasoning: inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning. How these two differ lies at the heart of the philosophy of logic. I will attempt to show how these two ways of thinking are fundamentally different, and how both are useful in their own way. Inductive Reasoning. Inductive reasoning is also called scientific reasoning.