CHAPTER 6: PHYSICAL SELF Flashcards
refers to the body
physical self
the development from conception to death
life span
Outlined the stages in the life span
Elizabeth Bergnet Hurlock
10 stages in lifespan
Prenatal
Infancy
Babyhood
Early childhood
Late childhood
Puberty
Adolescence
Early adulthood
Middle adulthood
Late adulthood / senescence
biological process of the inheritance of traits from parents to offspring
heredity
refers to the factors of an individual is exposed to throughout life
environment
threadlike tissues that carry the genes and found in 23 pairs.
chromosomes
basic carrier of hereditary traits
genes
suggests that a person’s physical characteristics are related to the person’s personality
theory of physiognomy
developed a theory based on the prominence of body fluids
hippocrates
theory that suggests an excess/ deficiency in the body fluids influences well being
theory based on the prominence of body fluids
has prominence of red bile; happy & optimistic
sanguine type
has prominence of black bile; depressed & pessimistic
melancholic type
has prominence of yellow bile ; angry & temperemental
choleric type
has excess phlegm ; sluggish & slow
phlegmatic type