Task 4

Question 1

What is a positive body image?

Answer 1

It refers to love and acceptance of one´s body and appreciation of its uniqueness and the functions it performs.

Question 2

Characteristics and benefits of a postitive body image

Answer 2

Damn

Question 3

What is the Body appreciation scale (BAS)

Answer 3

A scale developed to measure the characteristics of having a positive body image.

It measures favourable opinions, acceptance of and respect toward the body and thus focuses on some core features of a positive body image.

Question 4

Positive BI is

Answer 4

Distinct from negative BI

Multifaced(including body appreciation, body acceptance, and broadly conceptualizing beauty.

Holistic

Question 5

What are the core factores of a positive body image?

Answer 5

Promote undocnditional acceptance from important others
Maintain filtering negative body-related information
Emerge inner positivity emerging from a positive body image

Question 6

Wy do body appreciation and positivity need to be actively constructed?

Answer 6

Because negative body image and dissatisfaction might develop in childhood(age of 6)

Question 7

What is body image flexibility?

Answer 7

Willingness to accept and experience perceptions,sensations,feelings,thought and beliefs about one´s body in an intentional way without attempting to change their intensity, frequency or form, while pursuing effective action in other life domains.

Question 8

What is Buddhism?

Answer 8

Emphasizes the value of being mindful, so threats to the body image are understood to be time limited and not absolute.

Question 9

Broaden and build theory

Answer 9

Positive emotions broaden one´s awareness and encourage novel, varied and exploratory thoughts and actions. Over time, this broadened behavioral repertoire builds skills and resources.

Question 10

WHat a positive body image is not!

Answer 10

Being highly satisfied with all aspects of appearance, limted to appearance at the exclusion of ohter body dimesnsions, expressed as narcissism or vanity.

Foolproof in its ability to protect against all body image related threats

Lnked to disengagement from self-care

Aided by frequent appearance-related compliments from others

Question 11

Multiple facettes of positive body image:

Answer 11

Body appreciation
Body love
Broadly conceptualizing beauty 
Adaptive appearance investment
     self evaluation-salience
     motivational salience
Inner positivity 
Filtering information in a body protective manner
Holistic
Stable and malleable 
Protective 
Linked to self perceived body acceptance by others
Shaped by social identities

Question 12

Measurement

Answer 12

BAS (Body appreciation scale)

Question 13

What is the acceptance model?

Answer 13

Women who experience high levels of perceived support and body acceptance by others will be able to resist adopting an observers perspective of their bodies, all of which will predict a greater appreciation of their bodies.

Question 14

Psychology and how to develop/maintain a posiitve body image

Answer 14

counseling psychology

HUmanisitic psychology

Positive psychology

Question 15

What is counseling psychology?

Answer 15

Considering strength alongside weakness, appreciate diversity and work to prevent illness by promoting health

Question 16

What is humanistic psychology?

Answer 16

Emphasizes the need for unconditional acceptance to promote well-being and proposed the motives of self-actualization and transcendence

Question 17

What is positive psychology?

Answer 17

Argues that removing negative or maladaptive characteristics in the absence of teaching positive and adaptive characteristics is not useful.

Question 18

Media literacy

Answer 18

Being aware of the narrowness and widespread digitalization of unreal or almost impossible body ideals

Question 19

Model of the development of a positive body image

What does embodiment refer to?

Answer 19

Participation in embodying activities is key– Athletes or dancers

Embodiment refers to a sense of ownership of the body and experiencing it as trustworhty and deserving of respect, as well as key means of competence,interpersonal relatedness,self experession and power.