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• Physical self


  The body which we interface with our environment and fellow being
• Physical self


  • It is a tangible aspect of the person that can be directly observed and examined
• People nowadays are too conscious on how they look
• Our concept of our self and the perception of people around us will always have big effect on how we deal in a situation, cultural or not
• Schools of Psychology that discussed the physical self

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Behaviorism
  • Humanism
• William James' view on physical self


  Body as initial source of sensation and necessary for the origin and maintenance of personality
• Sigmund Freud's view on physical self

  Construction of self and personality makes the physical body the core of human experience
• Wilhelm Reich's view on physical self

  Mind and body are one; all psychological processes are part of physical processes, and vice versa
• Erik Erikson's view on physical self


  Role of bodily organs is especially important in early developmental stages of a person's life
• Carl Jung's view on physical self

  Physical body and the external world can be known only as psychological experiences
• B.F. Skinner's view on physical self


  The role of the body is of primary importance
• Gloria Gaynor: 'We all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you'
• Different kinds of self-esteem

  • Low self-esteem
  • High self-esteem
  • Inflated self-esteem
• Most of the times, self-esteem is defined by what physical attributes a person has
• Beauty as defined by the society, culture or traditions, is what matters to the person