PSYB65H3 Chapter 16: Chapter 16 notes
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Patients have reductions in the hippocampus and amydala of the temporal lobes and the frontal cortex this is associated with reduced cortical thickness. Freud believed that mental illness results from the failure of the repressive processes: the result from the emergence of unconscious drives into voluntary, conscious behaviour. Id: instinctual drives of sex and aggression; part of mind that is unconscious: ego: the rational part of mind that has conscious experience, superego: part of mind that tries to suppress the id. Psychoanalysis aims to trace symptoms back to their unconscious roots and thus expose them to rational judgement. Limbic system and brainstem have properties akin to the id (emotional and motivated behaviours) Neocortex has properties akin to the ego (allows us to learn and solve everyday problems) Frontal cortex has properties akin to the superego (enables to us to be aware of others and learn to follow social norms)
