psychology

Id

Id

seeks pleasure

Ego

The conscious, rational part of the mind, where conscious decisions are made. The ego develops and changes throughout life.

Superego

moral center influenced by authority figures, societal norms and values

Hypothalamus

regulates biological needs like hunger, thirst, and temperature control

reticular formation

regulates sleep, ability to stay awake, and attention

spinal cord

responsible for communication between the brain and the rest of the body. (ex: simple reflexs)

corpus callosum

fibres passing information between the two hemispheres of the cortex

Hippocampus

allows for memories to be properly stored, transferred from short-term to long-term memory

Thalamus

determines ingoing and outgoing information for the cortex like a subconscious gateway(based on emotions)

Pituitary glands

regulates all the body's glands. controls puberty and growth spurts.

The Pons

Involved in sleep and wakefulness

Medulla

regulates unconscious functions such as breathing, circulation, and blood pressure.

The Cerebellum

takes care of balance and spatial negotiation

cerebral cortex

responsible for thinking, reasoning, movement, vision, hearning, and speech

What are the 4 lobes of the human cerebral cortex?

Frontal lobe, Parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe

What is the limbic system

regulates our emotional reactions using chemical signals(adrenaline)

What are the parts of the limbic system?

hippocampus, amygdala (creates fight or flight state), mammillary bodies, septum, fornix, longitudinal fissure, left and right cingulate cortex

Rationalization

Justifying your actions with an excuse rather than admitting a failure/mistake

Denial

Believing in a falsehood rather than accepting reality to avoid emotional pain

Projection

Accusing others of feeling unpleasant emotions that you feel yourself

Escape

running away from your problems

Repression

blocking out thoughts about unpleasant things or experiences

Identification

acting like somebody else/associating somebody's accomplishments with you own

Displacement

expressing feelings towards something or someone not associated with the source of the feeling

Regression

returning to an earlier behaviour/mindset to deal with frustration

Compensation

making up for a lack of one thing by achieving something else

Sublimation

transfering socially unacceptable behaviour into acceptable ones