Lesson 6: Physical Self Flashcards
refers to our body that includes basic parts of us such as our head, neck , and organs that plays an important role in our life.
Physical Self
It is the concrete dimension, the tangible aspects of the person that can be directly observed and examined.
Physical Self
was among the ultimate values along with goodness, truth, and justice.
traditionally
asked whether things were beautiful because it gave delight, or whether it gave delight because it was beautiful.
St. Augustine
connected beauty to love and desire.
Plato
asserted that the chief forms of beauty are order, symmetry, and definiteness.
Aristotle
Beauty is no quality in things themselves, it exist merely in the mind which contemplates them.
David Hume
the perception of beauty does depend on the external sense of sight alone.
Francis Hutcheson
the tendency of people to rate attractive individuals more favorably for their personality traits or characteristics compared to those who are less attractive
Halo Effect
give low ratings to the person because of 1 negative attribute
Horn Effect
prioritize a slim figure, small face, v-shaped jaw, pale skin, straight eyebrows, flawless skin, and larger eyes
korean beauty standard
emphasize dieting (physical feature) and light skin
filipino beauty standard
fair or medium-complexioned, has a narrow waist but wider hips and breasts, and has large eyes, full red lips, and long black hair that is either straight or wavy.
ideal indian woman
To look more unattractive for other men, they choose to wear nose plugs.
apatani women, india
lip plates, but there are also other stunning beauty ideals that they follow. For instance, they love to decorate their heads with horns and floral crowns and paint their faces.
mursi tribe, ethiopia
refers to how individuals perceived think and feel about their body and physical appearance
body image
everything about a person that others can observe, height, weight skin color, clothes and hairstyles.
appearance
causes of poor body image
- Emphasis on thin ideal body
- Bullying and peer pressure
- Media
effects of body image
- Body Dissatisfaction
- Depression
- Low self esteem
- Eating disorders
- Extreme Body Modification
out-of-control eating episodes or binges are followed by self- induced vomiting, excessive use of laxatives or other
bulimia nervosa
the person eats only minimal amounts of food or exercises vigorously to offset food intake so body weight- sometimes drops dangerously (UNDERWEIGHT - what is perfect )
anorexia nervosa
individuals may binge repeatedly and find it distressing (feel guilt about their binges), but they do not attempt to purge the food (they don’t have the psychosocial skills to simply
stop their binge)
binge-eating disorder
may have inherited vulnerability
biological influences
a person may be prone to anxiety focused on appearances or distorted body image
psychological factors
cultural pressures to be thin, social presentations
social
