THE PHYSICAL SELF

Question 1

refers to the body.

• The basic parts of the are the head, neck, chest, arms, and legs.

• It is also made up of other organs such as brain, heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, bones, and muscles.

These organs work together to perform many of its functions such as breathing, walking, and dancing.

• The body’s ability to perform its functions gradually changes through the years.

• In general, the body performs its functions least well during infancy and old age.

Answer 1

PHYSICAL SELF

Question 2

generally peaks in early adulthood between ages
of twenty and thirty, and then slowly declines into the middle age.

Answer 2

Physical efficiency

Question 3

during childhood continues at a slow rate compared with rapid rate of growth in babyhood.

Answer 3

Physical development and growth

Question 4

begins with the onset of puberty.

Answer 4

Adolescence

Question 5

is the development from conception to death.

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Life span

Question 6

1. Prenatal fertilization to birth
2. Infancy-birth to 2 weeks of life
3. Babyhood-2 weeks of life to 2nd year
4. Early Childhood - 2 to 6
5. Late Childhood - 6 to 10 or 12
6. Puberty-10 or 12 to 14
7. Adolescence 14 to 18
8. Early Adulthood - 18 to 40 9. Middle Adulthood-40 to 60
9. Late Adulthood or senescence 60 to death

Answer 6

Elizabeth B. Hurlock outlined the stages in the life span:

Question 7

Two factors affecting physical growth and development

Answer 7

1.HEREDITY
2.ENVIRONMENT

Question 8

is the biological processes of transmission of traits from parents to offspring.

Answer 8

HEREDITY

Question 9

refers to the factors to which the individual is exposed after conception to death which includes learning and experiences.

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ENVIRONMENT

Question 10

such as diet, nutrition, and diseases play an important role in physical development.

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Environmental factors

Question 11

is the union of egg and sperm cell.

Answer 11

FERTILIZATION

Question 12

refers to how individuals perceive, think, and feel about their body and physical appearance.

Answer 12

Body image

Question 13

refers to everything about a person that others can observe such as height, weight, skin color, clothes, and hairstyle.

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Appearance

Question 14

Girls who have higher body dissatisfaction are likely to experience depression, low self-esteem, and eating disorder.

Answer 14

EFFECTS OF POOR BODY IMAGE

Question 15

is an eating disorder in which the person refuses to eat for fear of gaining weight which can result in severe starvation and death.

Answer 15

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 16

•Some people desperately change their physical appearance through body modification.

• Tattooing, permanent makeup, body piercing, cosmetic surgery are forms of body modification.

Answer 16

BODY MODIFICATION

Question 17

• In Egyptian art, beauty is portrayed in women with slim, high waist, narrow hips, and long black hair.

• Women with full figure and rounded hips was considered beautiful during Renaissance period.

• Some tribes (e.g., Africa) during the medieval age consider chubby, fat, or plump women beautiful.

• People in Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia considered flat noses to be the most attractive.

Answer 17

CONCEPT OF BEAUTY