Body Mind Relationship- The Integrated Response in Psychology

This is useful for B.Sc Nursing Students and psychology students

1. Body Mind Relationship Mr. Visanth V S Asso.Professor IGSCON, Amethi

2. Body Mind Relationship/Integrated Responses Psychology studies the relationship between body and mind. They act on or influence each other . Body and mind cannot act independently both are inseparable from each other. - known as the integrated response or body-mind relationship. “ A healthy mind exists in a healthy body and vice versa.”

3. Body and its functions Body composed of head, trunk and extremities. It is having number of organs and organ system like sensory, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, skeletal etc , with specific functions.

4. Mind & its functions What is mind? Where is it located? What is the size, shape? These are some of the basic questions that may emerge when discussing about mind. Mind is not a reality. It is the sum total of various mental processes like thinking, reasoning, observing, analyzing, learning etc. Mind should not be confused with brain and central nervous system.

5. Levels of Functioning of Mind

6. Normal functioning of our mind The functioning of our mind in a normal way is usually carried out at the conscious level. It involves three mental processes; Cognitive - Thinking/Knowing Affective- Feeling/Emotions Conative- Activity/willing/striving

7. Action of Mind upon Body All physical and motor activities begin by the motivation in the mind Negative emotions like fear, anger and jealousy produce illness. They make us depressed. Emotional conflicts lie at the root of peptic ulcers, coronary heart diseases, blood pressure and neurosis Deep thinking(abstract thinking, reasoning) and concentration can cause physical fatigue

8. Action of Body upon Mind Malfunctioning of sensory organs leads to poor perception and learning. Rise in blood pressure leads to mental excitement Fatigue retards intellectual activity Sudden emotion causes mental imbalance Malfunctioning of digestive system such as constipation, indigestion makes people irritable, gloomy etc. Malfunctioning of endocrine organs affect mental functioning ( Hyperthyroidism leads to excitement and hypothyroidism causes lethargy) Bad throat and septic tonsils can reduce concentration

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