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    The document discusses the physical self and how it is the concrete, tangible aspect of a person that can be directly observed. It covers views from James, Freud, and Erikson on the importance of the physical body. Issues like obsession with appearance, eating disorders, and body dysmorphia are discussed. The role of culture and pop culture in understanding body image and self-esteem is also examined.

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    The document discusses the physical self and how it is the concrete, tangible aspect of a person that can be directly observed. It covers views from James, Freud, and Erikson on the importance of the physical body. Issues like obsession with appearance, eating disorders, and body dysmorphia are discussed. The role of culture and pop culture in understanding body image and self-esteem is also examined.

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    THE PHYSICAL SELF

    Physical Self
    - Is the concrete dimension, the tangible aspect of the person that can be directly observed and
    examined.

    According to Williams James, the physical self or the body is an initial source of sensation and necessary
    for the origin and maintenance of personality.

    In Sigmund Frued’s Psychoanalysis, his construction of self and personality makes the physical body
    the core of human experience.

    For Erik Erikson, the role of bodily organs is especially important in early development stages of a
    person’s life. Later in life, the development of physical as well as intellectual skills help determine
    whether the individual will achieve a sense of competence and ability to choose demanding roles in a
    complex society.

    The sociology of the body became an established discipline in the 1990s. Bryan Turner coined the term
    “somatic society” which means the new found importance of the body in contemporary society.

    Common issues that arose with this:

    ● The obsession to have a beautiful face and body


    ● Eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia
    ● The demand for cosmetic surgery and skin whiteners
    ● Body dysmorphia
    ● Body shaming

    Many people, especially women, spend tremendous amounts of time, effort and money to alter their
    appearances to resemble an ideal image.

    Self-Esteem
    - Self-esteem is used to describe a person’s overall sense of self worth or personal.

    Developing Self-Esteem

    a. Understanding that healthy, attractive bodies come in many shapes and size
    b. Physical appearance says very little about our character or value as aperson
    c. How we get to this point of acceptance often depends on our individual development and
    self-acceptance.
    Body Image

    The Role of Culture in our Understanding of Body Image and Self-Esteem:

    Culture
    - Defined as the shared patterns of thoughts, beliefs, behavior, and habits in both material and
    symbolic realms

    The Best Presentation of the Physical Self:

    ● Beauty
    ● Good Health

    Pop Culture
    - From a common understanding, it is a culture widely accepted and patronized by the public

    Beauty

    2 Types of Beauty:

    1. Inner Beauty- refers to the inner qualities of the person


    2. External Beauty- physical characteristic of the person

    Before the 18th Century, Western philosophical views of beauty treated it as an objective quality.
    ● St. Augustine - things were beautiful because it gave delight or whether it gave delight because it
    is beautiful
    ● Plato - he connected beauty as a response to love and desire
    ● Aristotle - asserted that chief forms of beauty are order, symmetry, and definiteness
    By the 18th Century, beauty was associated with pleasure as a personal preference.
    ● David Hume - it merely exists in “Beauty is no quality in things themselves” the mind which
    contemplates them and each perceives a different beauty.
    ● Immanuel Kant - the judgment of taste is therefore not judgment or cognition and is consequently
    not logical but aesthetical, by which we understand that whose determining ground can be no
    other than subjective.
    ● Francis Hutcheson - “the perception of beauty does not depend on the external sense of sight,
    however the internal sense of beauty operates as an internal or reflect of sense.”
    Recognizing and Personifying Physical Self:
    ● Allow your physical self to move and express itself. Dance, walk, stretch, etc.
    ● Notice all the physical things around you. Use all five senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, and
    smell.
    ● Love your body.
    ● Feed your physical body what it likes.

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