Body Awareness

Question 0

definition of body awareness

Answer 0

conscious awareness and identification of the location, position, and movement of the body and its individual parts in space, the interrelationships among those body parts, and the relationship between the body and its parts (moving or stationary) to the external environment

• perceptual/motor
• conceptual/cognitive

Question 1

definition of body image

Answer 1

concept a person has of his or her body as an object in space, independent of all other objects

• how someone “sees” oneself in minds eye
• includes dimension of “body proportion” as well as dimension of performance characteristics

Question 2

what do humans rely heavily on pertaining to movement?

Answer 2

vision

Question 3

spatial awareness

Answer 3

how much space the body occupies

-ability to project the body into external space

Question 4

directional awareness

Answer 4

(laterality)
an internal awareness or feel for the various dimensions of the body w/regards to their location and direction
-ability to give dimension to objects in external space (left-right, up-down, in-out)

Question 5

Age related differences in body awareness

Answer 5

older individuals have better body awareness

Question 6

Gender related differences in body awareness

Answer 6

male. ..overestimate spatial, shoulder width, chest width; underestimate waist and hips
female. ..overestimate waist and hips; underestimate spatial

Question 7

body image of obese and individuals with eating disorders

Answer 7

think they are bigger than they are

Question 8

body “real” vs body “ideal”

• who does this apply to?
• what does it mean?

Answer 8

athletes, think they have body ideal?