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• Physical self


  The body, the concrete and tangible aspect of every person that is directly observed and examined
• William James: 'The body is the initial source of sensation and necessary for the origin and maintenance of personality'
• Erik Erickson: 'The role of the bodily organ is especially important in the early developmental stages of a person's life'
• Indian Tradition: 'Growth and enlightenment as the whole-body event, which is not possible until one has a pure and strong body'
• Biological Identity


  The body performs a distinct function
• Social Identity


  The visible way of showing and expressing one's identity
• Standard of Beauty


  • Symmetry - Similarity between the left and right sides of the face, not defined by proportions
  • Standards of beauty are arbitrary and vary hugely from one culture to another and over time
• Beauty and Self-expressions across cultures

  • Lip Plate
  • Neck Rings
  • Foot Binding
  • Scarification
  • Facial Tattoos
• 5 Global Beauty Archetypes


  • Powerful peacocks
  • Seductive foxes
  • Social butterflies
  • Graceful swans
  • Comfortable cats
• Sexual self or sexual self-concept


  The totality of oneself as a sexual being, including positive and negative concepts and feelings
• Human Sexuality


  Sexuality is one of the fundamental drives behind everyone's feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
• Components of human sexuality

  • Sex - being male or female, determined biologically upon fertilization
  • Gender - psychological sense of being male or female under social, cultural, and/or personal norms
  • Sexual Orientation - preference of a person for a romantic and sexual relationship
• Functions of the Reproductive System

  • To produce hormones
  • To produce egg and sperm cells
  • To nurture the developing offspring
  • To transport and sustain these cells
• Parts of the Female Reproductive System

  • Ovaries
  • Fallopian Tubes
  • Uterus
  • Cervix
  • Vagina
• Parts of the Male Reproductive System

  • Testes
  • Epididymis
  • Vas Deferens
  • Seminal Vesicles
  • Prostate Gland
  • Urethra
  • Penis
• Fertility


  • For women: Possibility of getting pregnant when a sperm fertilizes a mature ovum during sexual intercourse, begins in puberty (age 9-12)
  • For men: During puberty, a man is said to be fertile through "wet dreams"
• Types of Sexual Behavior

  • Solitary behavior - self-stimulation until sexual arousal to sexual climax
  • Sociosexual activity - two or more persons heterosexually or homosexually
• Erogenous Zone


  Parts of the human body that are sensitive to any kind of physical touch, not just sexually. The interpretation given to the touch is important for it to cause sexual arousal. The known erogenous zones are the mouth, anus, genitals, breasts, neck, and ears.
• The Phases of Sexual Response

  • Excitement Phase
  • Plateau Phase
  • Orgasm
  • Resolution Phase
• Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  • Syphilis
  • Chancroid
  • Chlamydia
  • Genital Warts
  • Genital Herpes
  • Gonorrhea
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• Methods of Contraception


  • Natural Methods - Fertility Awareness-Based Methods, Lactational Amenorrhea Method
  • Artificial Methods - Hormonal Contraceptive Methods, Male Condom, Long Acting and Permanent Methods
• Religion


  "religio" meaning "conscientious" or "reverence" and may be related to the word "religare", which means "to bind fast"
• Common Religious Worldviews


  • It is a code of ethical behavior or moral order
  • It has a large following, either currently or at some time in the past
  • It is a set of myths or stories about this unseen world and rituals to commune with it or appease it
  • It is a system of organized rituals celebrated in holy places by consecrated persons and embodied in sacred texts
  • These are statements about life beyond death, either as survival in some shadowy world of the dead, in some version of heaven and hell, or through reincarnation
  • They have various ways of dealing with people's relationship to the unseen and transcendent realm of existence, usually inhabited by spirits, deities, demons, and ancestors
• Spirituality


  "the quality or state of being concerned with religion or religious matters"
• Basic Components of Spirituality

  • Prayer or attending to interior life
  • Striving to live out the ethical demands of the religious tradition on the social or communal level
  • Active involvement in a community of believers
  • Fellowship, accountability, and opportunities for communal spiritual exercise
• Nexus of Religiosity and Spirituality

  Spirituality is about a person's beliefs, values, and behavior, while Religiousness is about the person's involvement with a religious tradition and institution. Spirituality and religion intertwine to lead the believer into an authentic and dynamic search for meaning and wholeness.
• General Views on the Relationship between Spirituality and Religiousness

  • The incompatibility of spirituality and religiousness in terms of separating the substantive and functional aspects of religion
  • The compatibility of spirituality and religiousness
• Views to the Existence of God

  • Theism - asserts the reality of God or gods
  • Atheism - renounces the existence of God
  • Agnosticism - asserts the uncertainty of the existence of God
  • Non-theism - uncertainty of what religious position
  • Monotheism - belief that there is only one God
  • Polytheism - belief of the existence of many gods that may either leads to Henotheism and Kathenotheism
• There is no general rule as to how one is to be religious and/or spiritual. What matters most is the recognition that human beings create meaning and find direction in day to day leaving, and help one to perceive our environment and in building social relationships.
• Possessions


  A key to understanding possession is recognizing that your possessions are part of yourselves and that they are major contributors of your identities. Possessions are reflections of your identities as well.
• Views to the Existence of God

  • Theism
  • Atheism
  • Agnosticism
  • Non-theism
  • Monotheism
  • Polytheism
• There is no general rule as to how one is to be religious and/or spiritual
• What matters most is the recognition that human beings create meaning and find direction in day to day leaving
• Possessions are a key to understanding possession is recognizing that your possessions are part of yourselves and that they are major contributors of your identities
• Possessions are reflections of your identities
• Extended Self


  Possessions are an important component of your sense of self since they become your extended Self
• Defining yourselves by or with your possessions


  Can contribute to your feelings of well-being
• What the extended self includes

  • External objects
  • Personal possessions
  • Persons
  • Places
  • Group possessions
  • Body parts
  • Vital organs
• Importance on your material possessions

  Tends to decrease as you age
• Importance on your material possessions

  Remains high throughout life as you pursue to express yourselves through your possessions and use material possessions to seek your happiness