CHAPTER 6 Flashcards
1
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The body which we interface with our environment and fellow being.
A tangible aspect of the person that can be directly observed and examined.
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PHYSICAL SELF
2
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- “Body is the initial source of sensation and necessary for the origin and maintenance of personality. It is an element of spiritual hygiene of supreme significance.”.
- For example, a boxer during a fight, do not notice/feels his wounds until the intensity of fight has subside.
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William James
3
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- In Psychoanalytical school, construction of self and personality makes the physical body the core of human experience.
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Sigmund Freud
4
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- “Mind and body are one; all psychological processes, are a part of physical processes, and vice versa”.
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Wilhelm Reich
5
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- “The role of bodily organs is especially important in early developmental stages of a persons life. Later in life, the development of physical as well as intellectual skills help determine whether the individual will achieve a sense of competence and ability to choose demanding roles in a complex society.
- For example, children get their confidence when they’re bigger, stronger, faster and more capable of learning complex skills.
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Erik Erikson
6
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- “Physical body and the external world can be known only as psychological experiences.
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Carl Jung
7
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“The role of the body is of primary importance”.
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B.F. Skinner
8
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- “We all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you” –
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Gloria Gaynor
9
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- People from different culture have opted to change their
features in attempt to meet the cultural standards of beauty, as well as their religious and/or social obligations. - They modify and adorn their bodies as part of the part of complex process of creating and re-creating their personal and social identity to be accepted by society and to be able to accept them self.
- As our physical self, dictates how we act in front of other people it also defines how we will manage our self-esteem. Yet, this self-esteem is vital on how we form positive and healthy relationships with people around us.
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Self- Esteem
10
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- People has high regards of themselves. Better than the other to the point of under estimating them
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Inflated Self-Esteem
11
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- A positive self-esteem, which make the person be satisfied of themselves
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High Self- Esteem
12
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- Person do not value themselves and do not trust their possibilities.
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Low Self-Esteem
