For those synapses, the high blood sugar is the same as if you were the Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Michael Phelps (synapse) and your lane had filled with Jell-OÂ®, causing you not to be able to reach your full potential.
Freud's Tripartite Theory of Personality. Freud (1923) saw the personality structured into three parts (i.e. tripartite), the id, ego and superego (also known as the psyche), all developing at different stages in our lives. These are systems, not parts of the brain, or in any way physical. The id is the primitive and instinctive component of personality.
Individual Level Theories. Individual Level Theories Theories used at the individual level include: Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) (chapter four), Health Belief Model (chapter three) and Social Cognitive Theory (chapter eight). The Integrative Behavioral Model (IBM) has been recently introduced to bring these theories together and apply them to the context of explaining media effects on marijuana use and sexual behavior.