Prof. Joseph Levine, M.D. is an emeritus associate professor in the Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University in Israel. Prof. Levine is a certified psychiatrist with clinical experience in controlled trials of adult psychiatric disorders and in psychotherapy. He was awarded a NRSAD independent investigator grant for the study of Creatine Monohydrate in psychiatric disorders -- mainly Schizophrenia. He resides and treats patients in Tel Aviv and all of central Israel.
Conversation 80: The interrelationship between an external figure in reality and its internal representation: describing the dynamics according to the integrative social self model
Hello to our readers,
As stated in previous articles, in our model [the integrative social self model] the self includes the components of the human soul.
The model first assumes the existence of the "primary self," which is in fact the basic biological nucleus consisting of a number of innate structures and subject to further development throughout life. This self includes the instinctive, emotional, and cognitive parts of the person. The primary self uses the reservoirs and mechanisms of emotion, memory, and cognitive abilities and contains primary nuclei for the future development of other mental structures.