Terms: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY / REPRESSION

• Official Definition: Abnormal Psychological disorder - a disturbance in mental health or functions; malady or dysfunction.
  
  
• *Most disorders have a physiological basis, some are influenced by genes (instructions to make proteins), some are influenced by the expression of genes, some are linked directly to our perception of experience (how it affects us chemically due to stimuli) and all can be exasperated by the stimuli associated with the negative experience. These factors all determine and influence the push and pull relationship of mental development.
  
  
• Repression - Psychoanalysis. the rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses. This can be a conscious function where the subject is totally aware of what is happening, or it can be unconscious which pertains to how the subject processes thoughts resulting in continuous mental cycles.
  

HOW REPRESSION AFFECTS PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

Neural development factors affecting disorder - Skewed hormonal development VS. skewed stimuli development. - Mental development dictated by gene expression/hormone secretion will mirror physiological brain development and hence all brain function, but on the flip side, environmental influence will affect hormone levels and influence brain development in its own way. Therefore, we can deduce that brain development is an adaptation of internal and external influences.

• 1. Skewed hormonal development (Favors conscious development - Logical in function) - Higher unbalanced hormonal development will create a physiological brain that is less expressive. (But more active, less directed)
  
  
  • Repression + Skewed hormone development- Elevated hormone levels combined with repression could potentially upset the nervous system; as a result, this cascading effect could hinder the neural pruning process associated with youth and force a path of neural restriction on a developing mind cutting off the link between mind and body. This would create high levels of anxiety in the body as the connection between the two would be partially severed due to superficial constrains putting emphasize on the expansion phase of brain development, but without the consolidation aspect of neural pruning creating unbalanced mental development.
    
    
  • Without the repression - Neural development favors conscious observation of the environment and a subjective frame of thought is applied to the outside world leaving the frontal lobes in control of ones actions. As a result the subject becomes logically driven in thought but reserved by action. Still very healthy neurologically but with a more analytical subjective focus.
    
• 2. Skewed Stimuli development (Favors unconscious expression - Expressive in function) - Higher amounts of stimuli help accelerate the neural pruning process by encouraging limbic system growth creating an objective relationship to the environment. This process changes the physiological make up of the brain and streamlines it for expressive function rather than observational.
  
  
  • Repression + Skewed stimuli development - Elevated stimuli development combined with repression could potentially create hyper idea-association and would result in manic expression.
    
    
  • Without the repression - Nominal stimuli development would put more emphasize on networked idea relationships and rely more on memory then observational logic. This would result in a subject’s ability to relate to their environment more objectively.

Things to note

• All areas of the brain contain neural networks that respond to stimuli differently. But all can be broken down into three separate categories. Expression, Memory and Logic.
  
  
• Each determinant variable has its own list of associated abnormal psychological disorders, this is of course related to how a subject perceives and relates to the environment and hence this behaviour would reflect their physiological state depending on the input from the outside environment.

Neural Chart - 3 general types with subtypes

• There are three categories that influence personality development depending on the section of the brain being affected. And depending on the input, disorder can arise and is dictated by neural stimuli received, perceived, repressed and released.

Terms: Introvert and Extrovert

Introvert:

• Official definition: Introvert - To direct (the mind, one's interest, etc.) partly to things within the self. (The brain needs stimuli for it to develop, but the concentration of stimuli is directed inward first before development can be expressed outward)
  

Introvert - 2 types; each bringing out different personality traits

• 1. Hormone related (Nervous type, non symmetrical larger non integrated) - Overactive nervous system (skewed hormonal conditions) sends a constant stream of negative stimuli that bloats the amygdala (due to stress and anxiety associated with blood transferred high hormone and cortizone levels), this overrides the pre-frontal cortex's ability to logically assess the environment in a calm and efficient way since the link between mind and body has been somewhat severed. As a result, the subject may withdraw from the social interactive nature that society provides and concentrate on the security aspect of defensive development directing stimuli inward, nervous system continues to bombard the limbic system and the frontal cortex becomes the dominate force in decision making processes often becoming cyclical and reoccurring. If current development continues, the subject can become highly nervous with little to no experience to fall back on, this results in a personality that becomes self serving and observational but also prone to a list of disorders such as anxiety, stress, ASPD etc.
  
  
• 2. Stimulus related (Calm type, non symmetrical/integrated) - Greater emphasize on the pre-frontal cortex, neural state is more active, less pruned, and there is a greater percentage of white matter present in the brain. Response to external stimuli is directed inward, assessed logically/subjectively in terms of a generalized meaning and linked with other observational commonalities, and used to fuel internal thoughts that promote the maturation and integration of neural networks.
  
  
• Exclusive Introvert disorders (Primary Ones) - Autism, Aspergers, ASPD, OCD, OCPD, Scizophrenia
  

• Official Definition: Extrovert - to direct (the mind, one's interest, etc.) outward or to things outside the self.
  
  
  • A healthy developed neural state uses the external environment to feed the body. A sufficient number of neurons have been pruned to allow balanced expression. Limbic system remains healthy and somewhat dominate over the frontal cortex allowing a healthy extroverted relationship to be established with the environment.
    
• Exclusive Extrovert disorders (Primary Ones) - Anorexia, Bullimia Nervosa, Panic Disorder
  
  
  • Artificial forms of stimuli will push extroverted objective development higher modifying normal physiological brain development in a negative way, this cuts off logical observation opportunity/emotional learning opportunities and accelerates limbic system development. Using artificial forms of stimuli will also accelerate neural pruning and increase abnormal psychology rates.

Terms: Objective and Subjective

Objective

• Official definition: Objective - Being the object of perception or thought; belonging to the object of thought rather than to the thinking subject.

2 Types of Objective driven personalities

• 1. Extroverted Objective type (Related to calm type) - This personality type attempts to adapt dynamically in an extroverted fashion to their environment. One relates to the object of interest in such a way where their focus is to embrace the emotional significance of the item. And hence improve the emotional process of adaptation to the environment.
  
  
• 2. Introverted Objective type - (Related to nervous type) This personality type attempts to adapt to their environment in a logical structured way by quantifying it in an objective manner. They unconsciously break down their surroundings systematically organizing what they see into ordered categorizes. This is a security driven behaviour to help ward off the overactive nervous system.

Subjective

• Official definition: Subjective - relating to or of the nature of an object as it is known in the mind as distinct from a thing in itself.

2 Types of Subjective driven personalities

• 1. Extroverted Subjective type - A logical evaluation will be conducted relating to the meaning of an object/situation in which an appropriated response would result in an attempt to understand the generalized meaning of what is being observed. This is done through an active interest of the environment and the people in the environment and finally relating to the environment in a form of extroverted expression.
  
  
• 2. Introverted Subjective type - This is essentially the same as the extroverted type only thoughts are rarely expressed and a more cyclical thought process is applied to the environment. Emotional value of an environment/situation is assessed but not applied back on an equal basis. An attempt to understand the environment is done but there is more emphasize on the movement and repetitive nature of the situation, which is compared directly to past experiences. This type of personality is subject to a whole host of abnormal disorder due to the lack of expression associated with this type of personality. It’s really a combination of cyclical logic with some sensing ability but without the expression needed to balance it out. Conflict is also handled differently as the expression component needed to make a point is handled internally and therefore is never properly expressed; potentially creating mental complications down the road which may even come out as schizophrenia delusions.

Term: Philosophy - Universal rules that fit into the psychological spectrum

Philosophy

• Official Defintion: Philosophy - the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.

General Rules that apply to psychology in a philosophical way

• Chaos to Order: There is an inherent system of organization to everything. But in order for the next phase of the evolutionary process to develop, stimulus has to be applied to the developing system in which that system reaches a state of internal equalization. Hence the system becomes a careful balance of logical organization with the ability to be dynamic in its expression and begins to expand in an outwards motion influencing the environment around it. This general rule can be applied to business, capital models, psychology and numerous other examples.

• Balance: The development of the mind works on the same principles that the environment works on. Therefore the mind will always work towards finding a balance internally and externally through the use of adaptation towards the environment. A balance that strives to integrate stimulus into its functions by using the logical organization of the environment with the emotional expression of adaptation.
  
  
• Point of expansion: Every conceivable system has to have a certain level of organization before it can expand in an outward manner. This includes everything from learning, culture, society, evolution, and the environment, internal and external development. This rule also applies to our personal development and is exercised through family life, opportunity, personality, personal challenges etc. In short, when the fundamentals of good stable development are present, attention can be turned towards goals and ambitions so the cycle can be repeated.
  
  
• Point of Consolidation: Like the point of expansion, there has to be a point of retraction. When the internals become too expanded, a period of consolidation occurs, where the roots of what works become the backbone for internal growth. This rule applies to people who are having tough times, companies who need to redefine their image in order to move forward, personality development, life and death, and even things like the universe. It is the necessary secondary part to evolution and its constant cycles. This is done so by relying on what works and basic repetition to master a task in which the developments from such regressions can be put forth to make new progress. This creates a repetitive cycle and creates dynamic adaptation.

Term: Justification - Our Rise to Reason (Why we are able to Reason and the 4 steps to how we got here)

• Official Defintion: Justification - A reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends:
  
  
• 1. Structured Setting - Decreased instinctual drive (Living together for increased safety) + Increased interaction = learning opportunities = Conscious adaptation/development
  
  
• 2. Learning Opportunities - Learning opportunities improve interpersonal development/focus; focus allows the creation of long term goals within the standards set up within structured society. Long terms goals increase the quality of life. Quality of life advances society by reinforcing conscious development on a mass scale. Advanced society encourages the enforcement of rules. Small levels of repression can be created as a result of these rules but is manageable by the opportunity created by such a system.
  
  
• 3. Rules and Repression - Repression represents the conflict between the unconscious need to gain stimulus and the conscious attempt to suppress it. In the presence of elevated conflict, the amount of repression endured can increase relative to the conflict at hand, this can bring about a whole slew of disorders, most of which originate at crucial points of developmental growth as it encourages cyclical repeated thought which get forced into the lower more instinctual aspects of the mind.
  
  
• 4. Justification that balances Repression - The ability to reason was born out of repression; a conscious attempt of innovative adaptation towards the recombination of established ideas. This is what the ability to justify represents at its core. Essentially it’s an unconscious attempt to fulfill a prime directive that runs contrary to the rules and order established by the direction of society. In essence the ability to reason is an unconscious defence against the constraints of mass control. On the flip side, if the control breaks down then there is no reason to reason, and no adaptation is made as there is full expression available, and hence instinctual drive would run wild unchecked. On the conscious side of things, if the ability to reason breaks down then there is too much control causing the individuals/populace to suffer. This will increase the amount of repression bringing upon a potential backlash, and perhaps even a revolution. The key is finding a balance between the two, expanding your informational knowledge base and being dynamic in your adaptation towards the environment.

How the nervous system affects neural development

Term: Nervous system

• Official Defintion: Nervous system - the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
  
  
• Nervous system: The nervous system monitors the body and relays information back and forth on a constant basis between itself and the brain. As a result there is a deep connection between the two and can greatly influence the developing brain during the key growth stages in the child’s life while experience is still being imprinted. Unbalanced predisposed conditions such as high androgen levels/cortisone (the stress hormone) can upset the nervous system in the early stages of development. This basically amplifies the stimuli being read from the external environment making it unfavourable and overwhelming to a developing individual and in the process can affect things like the amygdala which is responsible for monitoring stimuli between the body and the brain. This obviously would impact the person`s personality in a negative way and put the person in a defensive state cutting off some of the fundamental development time that is so crucial to personal growth later in life. On the flip side, if developing conditions are positive the nervous system can be a very valuable learning tool, providing input from the environment that can be analyzed in both a logical or emotional sense and also provide the brain the needed stimulus to develop into a healthy state that works with the body instead of against it.
  
  
• Repression vs. Expression: Since neural development is the center piece of our psychological development, then the perception of our environment is key to understanding why things develop the way that they do. Our thoughts, our perceptions of various scenarios, our current events, and our financial situation all create appropriate reactions that mirror the environment that we live in and as a result the emotional state associated with that perception affects us at the chemical level altering our physiological state to reflect it. Now depending on how each situation is dealt with, that stimuli being generated affects the development in the brain in a whole host of ways, and with it, the repression or level of expression in the brain itself changes over time to reflect both past and present experiences. This can ether create greater amounts of integration or it segregates it. This is how we account for the brain physiology associated with various mental disorders and finally can start understanding why sections of the brain start to increase in size due to certain types of thoughts. In schizophrenia the ventricles enlarge to accommodate the lack of expression, in some cases of Autism the amygdala enlarges, in manic expression patients and people addicted to drugs the pre-frontal cortex is less developed. These are just some of the examples on how the brain is affected by different forms of stimuli.
  
  
• Logical VS. Emotional Development: The prefrontal Cortex is responsible for logical processing while the limbic system governs the unconscious. These two sections of the brain work with memory to provide what the body needs in terms of evaluated goals and the response needed to complete those goals.

Term: Memory

• Official Definition: Memory - The mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
  
  
• Memory: Memory is used to evaluate the future based on the past but is done in conjunction with the limbic system. This combines personal drive, ambition, logical assessment and a database of experience to make calculated judgements on the future.

Information Integration Synthesis - Conscious to Unconscious transfer

• The flow of information - The flow of information is met with dynamic adaptation through neural and synapse relationships; Information flows inward like a funnel moving from the upper layers of the conscious to the lower layers of the unconscious and it can ether strengthen or weaken with time depending on the input from the environment and how that input is perceived.
  
  
• Information that strengthens This occurs through repetition and starts in the conscious upper region parts of the brain, but as the motions and patterns of what is being absorbed is recognized, the patterns of observation get stored in the lower regions of the mind. And become unconscious reactions to external conscious adaptations, as changes in the conscious take place, the patterns in the unconscious slowly get updated to represent this new data.
  
  
• Information that weakens occurs in the form of idea relationships that are initially absorbed but never reinforced. Weakened links in neural activity are generally released through our dreams, this frees up neural computational processing for other more specific tasks. Dreams are a way to clean out the neural clutter that we expose ourselves to in everyday life. Without this disposal system, we would probably lose our minds and all become schizophrenic.