Physical self Flashcards
What are the concepts related to physical self
- Body Ideal
- Body Image
- Beauty
What are the perspective or the “self” in relation to the body?
- The Role of Culture in understanding Self Esteem.
- The Influence of social media on beaty standards.
- Does body-image affect the quality of life?
body type promoted within a culture and its media as most attractive or most appropriate to a person’s age, gender, and race.
Body Ideal
is the mental picture one forms of one’s body as a whole, including its physical characteristics (body percept) and one’s attitudes toward these characteristics (body concept)
Body Image
Body Image is also known as?
Body Identity
the quality or group of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or the mind.
Beauty
What is the ideal male body society says?
Muscular wash-board abs, powerful legs, chiseled features
What is the reason why females in particular are pressured by society to conform to?
Conventional Beauty Standards
Refers to the perception of the level of attractiveness of hi s/her body or it can somebo dy’s own impression of how his or her body looks.
Body image
may also be our sense of how other people view our bodies
Body Image
How can be body image be seen as?
Internal (personal) and External (social)
What are the two types of beauty
Inner Beauty and External Beauty
which refers to the inner qualities of a person
Inner Beauty
refers to the physical characteristics of the person.
External Beauty
Refers to the practice of physically enhancing the body and it is temporary
Body adornment
Refers to the physical alteration of the body and it can be either permanent of temporary
Body modifications