ANGELO MITCHEL D.

NOVERO
BSIT 2201

MY BODY, MY LIFE
This section aims to assess your understanding of some of the
topics covered in Week6 through the activity below.

A. Reflect on the presented article “The Physical Self” in Week 6, answer the question. Express
your thoughts in 5-10 sentences.

1. On what perspective of Understanding the Physical Self do you think is most influential to
your life? Give concrete examples.
- My physical self is built and nourished by biological and environmental factors. I believe
what I am now is because that I inherit the physicality, character and traits from my parents. I am
basically their combined gene. My mother is small and my father has average height, so my
height is also same with theirs, it is balanced. I also noticed that I am skinny when I was a kid,
but all male in my father’s family side as we get older, we are getting bigger and getting pretty
much weight. For environmental factors, I believe that my physical self is affected by
environment. Example my mother’s family side were good at physicality, their bodies are well
built and they are hardworking, my father’s family side prefer to act with something at ease like
they always find way to make life much easier. I grew up with my father’s family side, and I am
not always doing some physical activities, like if there is a machine that will help me do
something like to carry of lift something heavy, I prefer to use it rather than making myself
sweating.

2. Which of factors that affect perception of the Physical Self would you say is mostly used by
teenagers in your age nowadays?
- I think puberty hits their consciousness, they want attention, engaging in more peer group
and being influenced by trend, most teenagers nowadays if they see something that would catch
their eye and mind, they will definitely go for it. When they were a kid, they are not conscious
about their looks or how others will see them, having natural innocence. It is obvious when
teenagers adjust their physical self like when they look at another person that could include
hairstyle, clothes, figure and their lifestyle they will have a sense of competence because they are
individual that see their selves important. Major example of this is social media like Facebook,
posting and expressing their physical appearance and see how many like them. But media is
dangerous to show off one’s appearance, many other people outside your environment are your
audience and it may include pressure to your lifestyle.