mod 6 physical self

• physical self - concrete dimension of the body. The tangible aspects of the person which can be directly observed and examined
• physical traits - defining features of the person's body, can be easily distinguished with the naked eye
• Erik Erickson - importance of the body from early development because physical as well as intellectual skills
• Erik Erickson - basis to whether a person has achieved a sense of competence and be able to manage and demands of the life complexities
• William James - considered the body as the initial source of sensation and necessary for the origin and maintenance of personality
• 8-month-old n 8 yr old - are considered children, they have different motor abilities, social relationships and cognitive skills- primary psychological concerns are also primitive
• 18 yr old n 80 yr old - are considered adults
• prenatal period - conception occurs and development begins. All majors' structures of the body are forming, and the health of the mother is of primary concern. Labor and delivery are primary concerns
• infancy and toddler period - dramatic growth and change. Newborn with keen sense of hearing but very poor vision
• early childhood - also referred as the preschool years, this is the period of a child's life from birth to 6 years old
• three- to five-year-old - child is busy learning knowledge, is gaining a sense of self and greater independence and is beginning to learn the workings of the physical world
• preschoolers - may initially have interesting conceptions of size, time, space and distance such as fearing
• middle schoolers - age of 6 to 11 experience is connected to their involvement in the early grade school years
• adolescence - dramatic physical change marked by an overall physical growth spurt and sexual maturation, known as puberty
• early adulthood - 20s - 30s tend to love to hear they're young adult. Love & work are primary concerns at this stage of life, projecting a better image
• middle adulthood - late 30s- mid 60s. Aging that began earlier, becomes more noticeable. At their peak of productivity in love & work
• late adulthood - is subdivided by 2 young old & old old
• young old - people between 65 & 79 are very similar to midlife, adult still working, still relatively healthy & skill interested
• old old - 80 & older remain productive, but risks of the diseases of old age
• body image - the way we perceive our own body and how we think it looks to others
• imaginary audience - egocentric state were the individual imagines and believes that many people are actively listening or watching him, known as spotlight effect
• halo effect - people rate attractive individuals more favorably for their personality traits
• introspection & self-reflection - making self-examination after behaving in a certain way. Looking inward is the simplest way to achieve self-knowledge. Overestimate their positive aspects
• self-perception theory - account of attitudes formation develop by psychologist Daryl Bem
• self-perception theory - people develop their attitude by observing their own behavior & concluding what attitudes must have caused it
• self-concept - how someone think about, evaluates, or perceived themselves. To be aware of oneself
• personal identity - concept you develop about yourself that evolves over the course of your life
• the looking glass self - individuals base their sense of self on how they believe others view them
• collective identity theory - self-definition & affiliation with specific groups, connectedness to a particular group
• beauty - a scription to a person that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or status faction
• eurocentrism - affected by the culture
• colorism - prejudicial or preferential treatment of same-race people based solely on the color of their skin
• self-esteem - overall evaluation that a person has for himself. Self worth