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The Physical Self: Life Span

The document discusses theories about how physical appearance may relate to personality traits and behaviors. It covers several theories proposed by thinkers like Hippocrates, Sheldon, and Haner that attempt to correlate facial features, body types, and the proportions of bodily fluids with characteristics like temperament, sociability, and leadership abilities. The document also examines how individuals perceive their own bodies and physical appearance, and how ideals of beauty presented in media can influence self-esteem and potentially lead to issues like eating disorders.

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The Physical Self: Life Span

The document discusses theories about how physical appearance may relate to personality traits and behaviors. It covers several theories proposed by thinkers like Hippocrates, Sheldon, and Haner that attempt to correlate facial features, body types, and the proportions of bodily fluids with characteristics like temperament, sociability, and leadership abilities. The document also examines how individuals perceive their own bodies and physical appearance, and how ideals of beauty presented in media can influence self-esteem and potentially lead to issues like eating disorders.

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THE PHYSICAL SELF

o It refers to the body.


o Body has many functions such as breathing, walking, eating, and sleeping
o Bodily functions are gradually aging. If we are in our old age, we may not be that strong as young
ones.
o Physically efficiency slowly declines in the middle age.
o Physical development and growth continue at slow rate during childhood years compared to
growth in babyhood.
o Adolescence stage is characterized by rapid physical changes that include maturation of
reproductive system.

Life Span refers to the development from conception to death.

STAGE AGE RANGE


PRENATAL Fertilization to birth
INFANCY Birth to 2 weeks of life
BABYHOOD 2 weeks of life to 2nd year
EARLY CHILDHOOD 2 to 6 years old
LATE CHILDHOOD 6 - 10
PUBERTY 10 -14
ADOLESCENCE 14-18
EARLY ADULTHOOD 20-40
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD 40-60
LATE ADULTHOOD 60 to death

Factors Affecting Physical Growth and Development

Heredity- it is the biological process of the inheritance of traits from parents to offspring.
 Genes are the basic carrier of hereditary traits and are classified as dominant (strong
genes) and recessive (weak genes).

There are 23 pairs of chromosomes; autosomes (trait chromosomes) and gonosomes (sex
chromosomes).

Environment - refers to the factors and individual is exposed to throughout life which includes learning
and experiences.
 Diet, nutrition and diseases play an important role in an individual’s physical
development.

Theories of Physical Self


 It suggests that a person’s physical characteristics such as facial features and expressions and body
structures could be related to a person’s character or personality.
Five Element Theory
 It makes use the elements of water, wood, fire, and earth and metal
 Each element is correlated to seasons, colors, shapes, sounds and facial features.
 Face readers may correlate facial features to person’s mental, emotional, and physical make- up.

1. Theory of Prominence of Body Fluids by Hippocrates


 It suggests that an excess of or deficiency in any of the four bodily fluids influence their
personality, temperament and well being.

 Sanguine Type (red bile)- tend to be impulsive, cheerful, happy and optimistic
 Melancholic Type (black bile)- tend to be depressed and pessimistic
 Choleric Type (yellow bile) - tend to be easily angry, jumpy and temperamental.
 Phlegmatic Type (excess phlegm) - tend to be sluggish, dull and slow.

2. Theory of Body-Type by William Sheldon


 Based on physical characteristics.

 Endomorphic Body Type (soft and plump)- they are perceived to be easy going and sociable.
 Mesomorphic Type (string muscular body) - People who have mesomorphic body type are to be energetic,
adventurous, assertive and courageous. They are also competitive and tend to be dominant
 Ectomorphic Type (tall and thin) - they are tend to be restrained, quiet, introverted and artistic.

3. Theory of The Wisdom of Your Face by Jean Haner

 Oval-shaped faces- are generally hospitable and tactful


 Round-shaped faces- are generally friendly, kind-hearted and selfless
 Square-shaped faces- are generally witty, analytical, and great leaders.
 Heart-shaped faces- are generally patient and intuitive.

4. Theory of The Wisdom of Your Face by Jean Haner

 Long-shaped faces- are generally perfectionists and tend to be aggressive


 Triangle-shaped faces- are generally creative, artistic, sensitive and determined
 Diamond-shaped faces- are generally detail- oriented and like to be in control.

5. Theory of The Wisdom of Your Face by Jean Haner

 People with full and thick eyebrows tend to be


 confident, assertive and goal-oriented
 People with large or highly-defined jaws have strong
 Values and firm beliefs.

According to Squier and Mew (1981), people with long and angular-shaped faces tend to be more responsive,
assertive and genuine than persons with short and square-shaped faces.

Body Image
 It refers to how individuals perceive, think, and feel about their body and physical appearance.

 Appearance refers to person’s physical make- up such as height, weight, skin color, clothes and
hairstyles.

 Self-esteem or the overall evaluation of worth has something to do with our appearance or body
image.

 Adolescence tent to experience negative self-image because they are in the stage of development
that is probably confusing them.

 Girls are more concerned with the overall physical appearance than boys because of “conformity”
on the idealized notion of beauty.

 People surrounding us put some pressures in our body image. If left unpleasing, then an individual
will be bullied.

 Social media platforms construct the notion of beauty.

 Social media platforms construct the notion of beauty.

 Some girls projects beauty based on commercial advertisements, models or known figure in public.

 The result of “projection” is physically changing one’s beauty through cosmetic surgery, dieting, or
excessive exercise.

 We strive a “good looking physical body” because we want to get ideal and pleasing impressions
from others.

 Body image dissatisfaction may lead to depression, low self-esteem and eating disorders.
– Anorexia- refuses to eat for fear of gaining weight.

The Importance of Beauty


 Generally, humans who have clean and unblemished skin, thick shiny hair, well proportioned bodies, and
symmetrical faces are traditionally considered beautiful.

 Throughout history, beauty has always been considered important since it indicate health, youth, good
genes and fertility.

 Beauty nowadays is influenced with advertisements, social media, fashion industry


and surgery.

 Being attractive is an advantage because “it is being favoured in social situations.

 According to studies, physically attractive men and women have more opportunities, in finding jobs,
getting promotions and having higher income.

 People who tend to be viewed as attractive are happier, smarter, and better people.
 It is true that we are often judge because of physical appearance. However it is now enough to understand
than “real self”.

 It is also important to see the “inner beauty”.

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