InDesign vs Photoshop - why does InDesign blow everything up past 100%?

So I'm new to InDesign but old hat with Photoshop. I'm creating a table in InDesign based on a mock-up that I created in Photoshop. This is all going fine but my problem is when I export to PDF to test the results.. the table is far bigger in PDF than it is in PSD so the quality looks really bad.
I placed the PSD to as a reference into InDesign and I created my table as the same size. Is it possible to make the PDF export 'zoom out' as it were so that it is identical to my intended PSD size? This is really frustrating because I have some raster images that I need to use in InDesign which will look really bad when view at > 100%.
How can I make the InDesign stage / export the same as Photoshop's so on export, InDesign output the same 100% dimensions?
Any advice / suggestions?
Thanks

Probably not. The two programs are radically different.
Remember, in Photoshop, when you view at actual size your image will ALWAYS look the same, no matter what resolution is currently assigned (try it -- change the resolution without resampling and there will be no difference in the display when you return).Your "full size view is tied to the number of pixels, not how large or small they are used on the page.
Resolution only becomes meaningful when an image is placed onto a page with physical dimensions. If you save two versions of your image without reampling, one at 72 ppi and one at 288 ppi, then place them both in a single ID file, they will be different sizes on the page. Now scale the small one 200% and the large one 50%. They should look identical. If you select each in turn and open the Info Panel when you look at the resolution information you'll see the saved resolution listed for "actual," but they both should say 144ppi for "effective resolution."
In InDesign the resolution determines the size of each pixel, like blowing up a printed ballon. As you inflate the balloon the resolution goes down and the size of each pixel is phyically larger, and you deflate the balloon the resolution goes up and the pixels become physically smaller. Scaling the image on the page affects the "effective" resolution, zooming the page does not.

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