Unpacking the Self (Beauty) Flashcards
What are the two most debated views about beauty?
1) Beauty is objective
2) Beauty is subjective
This was traditionally among the ultimate values along with goodness, truth and justice.
Beauty
Enumerate all the philosophers with an objective view of beauty
St. Augustine
Plato
Aristotle
This philosopher asked whether things were beautiful because it gave delight, or whether it gave delight because it was beautiful. He believed the latter
St. Augustine
This philosopher connected beauty as a response to love or desire. He asserted that beauty exists in the realm of Forms.
Plato
This philosopher asserted that the chief forms of beauty are: order, symmetry, and definiteness that can be demonstrated through mathematical sciences.
Aristotle
Enumerate the philosophers with a subjective view of beauty
David Hume
Immanuel Kant
Francis Hutcheson
He said that beauty exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
David Hume
He believed that beauty is not logical but aesthetical
Immanuel Kant
He believed that the internal sense of beauty operates as an internal or reflex sense.
Francis Hutcheson
This is an error in reasoning, evaluating, remembering or any other mental process that is often a result of holding on to one’s preferences and beliefs regardless of contrary information.
Cognitive Bias
Also known as the physical attractiveness stereotype, it refers to the tendency of people to rate attractive individuals more favorably for their personality traits as compared to those who are less attractive.
The halo effect
These sculpt our faces, which results in sex-typical facias features of adult men and women.
Hormones
This is defined as how one thinks and feels towards one’s body
Body Image
In 1800, he presented self-esteem as the number of successes a person achieves in the domains of life.
William James
In the 1960s, behavioral scientists defined this term as an attitude concerning one’s worth as a person. It is about how you value yourself, and how you feel others value you.
Self-esteem
This will contradict you and you will still find yourself judging people based on their looks on your initial encounters.
Subconscious mind
This happens when your looks do not match your beauty standards.
Self-image problem.
This refers to the extent that you value independence and personal uniqueness.
Individualism
This refers to the extent that we value our duty to groups to which we belong, and to group harmony.
Collectivism
This plays a very significant role in the development of the self-concept it embodies, specific values, thoughts or ideas that play essential role in determining a persons sense of self
Culture
what are the two dominant self concepts?
Individualistic self, and the collective self
this culture emphasize the moral worth of the individual
Individualistic culture
These people encourage asserting one’s goals and desires. They highly value, independence and self reliance they also strongly oppose external interference by society, or institutions upon one’s own interests
Individualists
she is a filipino psychologist, an educator determined that one of the strength of the Filipino character is a deep love and concern for the family
Patricia Licuanan
this culture emphasize the interdependence and harmonious relatedness with one another. It is of utmost importance to be part of and maintain social networks, maintain good relationships, and fulfill obligations.
collectivistic culture
he proposed that self-concept could be organized in three aspects
Baumeister
this refers to the mental processes that perceive once owned traits or behaviors
Private
This refers to the generalized view of self, such as the perception of others view you
Public
this refers to the view of the self in a collective concept
Collective
