Freud, Janet and evolution: of statuettes and plants.
The systems of Janet and Freud are briefly presented, compared, and interpreted as different variations of the application of the theory of evolution to psychopathology. Although both men accepted a hierarchical view of the psyche, Freud held that there existed an ubiquitous and inherent conflict between phylogenetic strata of the mind, while Janet maintained that with the exception of disease states, the psyche was a unified organizational structure.
Bemporad
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Westchester Division, Cornell University Medical School.
D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003243:Consciousness; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012094:Repression, Psychology