UNIT 2 Flashcards
first figured out how genes are passed from parents to offspring in plants,
including humans
Gregor Mendel
Those who are suffering from this disorder are so self-anxious that they seek cosmetic surgeries
to finally solve their body issues.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder or BDD
are so obsessed about their appearance, thus think about
their flaws, real or not, incessantly and uncontrollably
Body Dysmorphic Disorder or BDD
Those who are diagnosed with this disorder are very much preoccupied by a perceived physical
flaw that is either absent or so trivial that only the one suffering from it sees it as a problem,
being so much distressed about it, that daily routines are affected
Body Dysmorphic Disorder or BDD
defined as “a serious mental illness where people are of low weight due to limiting
their energy intake. It can affect anyone of any age, gender, or background. As well as restricting the
amount of food eaten, they may do lots of exercise to get rid of food eaten
Anorexia Nervosa
is criticizing yourself or others because of some aspect of physical appearance (Vargas,
2014), has resulted in the loss of self-confidence of those who have been thin-shamed or fat-shamed.
Body Shaming
indeed, body image represents how we think, feel, perceive, and behave
regarding our bodies.
Body Image Disturbance -
refers to how we accurately perceive our body size.
perceptional component
refers to how we think and feel about the size and/or shape
of our body, which if not correctly processed, will result to body dissatisfaction (
attitudinal component
“Is a central aspect of being human throughout life encompasses sex, gender identities and
roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction. It is experienced and
expressed in thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviours, practices, roles
and relationships. While sexuality can include all of these dimensions, not all of them are always
experienced or expressed”
Sexuality
is influenced by the interaction of biological, psychological, social, economic,
political, cultural, legal, historical, religious and spiritual factors.
Sexuality
refers to a persons characterization as female or male birth, typically based on appearance of
external genitalia or other biological characteristics including chromosomes.
Sex
is how you demonstrates your gender (based on traditional gender roles) through
the ways you act, dress, behave, interact.
Gender expression
Refers to the objectively measurable organs, hormones, and chromosomes
Biological Sex
are traits that differ between the two sexes but are not part of the
reproductive system; they include breasts in females and facial hair in males (King, 2014). As the SSC
manifest in the stage of puberty, there is a concurrent development happening in the brain.
Secondary sex characteristics
is the one to three-year process of hormonal and physical change that causes the young person
to reach sexual maturity, girls usually entering it about a year (or two) earlier than boys
Puberty
-Is how you, in your head, think about yourself.
-It is the chemistry that composes you (e.g. hormonal level) and how you interpret what that
Gender Identity
types of gender identity
CISGENDER/CIS consistent is with the sex they were assigned at birth
b. TRANSGENDER – does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.
c. AGENDER – people who do not identify with any gender
GEN. ED. 002 Understanding the Self
UNIT 2: UNPACKING THE SELF
Prepared by: Neňa Divina D. Fevidal, RL
Instructor
d. NON-BINARY – people who “do not identify strictly as a boy or girl – they could identify as both,
or neither, or as another gender identity”.
consistent is with the sex they were assigned at birth
CISGENDER/CIS
– does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.
TRANSGENDER
people who do not identify with any gender
AGENDER
people who “do not identify strictly as a boy or girl – they could identify as both,
or neither, or as another gender identity”.
NON-BINARY
Is who you are physically, spiritually, and emotionally attracted to, based on their
sex/gender in relation to your own.
Sexual Orientation
types of sexual orientation
Homosexual – sexually attracted to members of the same sex (King, 2014)
b. Bisexual – sexually attracted to people of both sexes
c. Heterosexual- sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
d. Pansexual/Omnisexual-can be sexually attarcted to any sex or gender identity
e. Asexual – not sexullay attarcted to any sex or gender.
