Physical Self

ASTRO DOMINIC NITUDA

LEMUEL BEN BROQUEZA
CAMILLE JOY D. ANSUS
 William James
• “Body is the initial source of sensation and necessary for the origin and
maintenance of personality.”
• However, he considered body subservient to the mind (e.g., mental
concentration can be so tightly focused, as not only to banish ordinary
sensations, even the severest pain)
 Physical Development
• An individual’s physique, body and health are significant areas in
assessing the over-all characteristics of a person. (Our image is a
reflection of our lifestyle and the kind of lives we lead.)
 Factors in the Development of the Physical
Self
• Heredity (nature) – transmissions of traits or characteristics from parents to offspring
(through the genes); a persons biological inheritance
“The hereditary units that we receive from our parents and transmitted to our offspring are carried by
microscopic particles (chromosomes). Each chromosome is composed of many individual hereditary
units (genes). Genetics reiterate that dominant genes will overpower the recessive genes thus
displaying traits in the child of the parent with such characteristics.” (Sevilla et al., 2006)

• Environment (nurture) – sum total of the forces (physical and social environment) or
experiences which a person undergoes from conception to old age that influences
the formation of traits, attitudes, interests, motivations and emotions of the
individual.
 The Beginning of Life
• Fertilization - meeting of the female sex cell (ova) and the male sex cell
(spermatozoa; singular: spermatozoon) which are developed in the
reproductive organs called gonads.
• Zygote – fertilized egg cell that contains all the hereditary potentials from the
parents
- goes to the uterus and continues to grow during the gestation period of
about 280 days or 36 weeks or 9 calendar months
• Each parent contributes one sex chromosome to the offspring.
 The Beginning of Life
• Genes – small particles in a string-like formation which are the true carriers
of hereditary characteristics of the parents
• Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) – “code of heredity”; contains information and
instructions about the newly created organism, and programs the traits
that should be inherited
• Maturation – unfolding of the inherent traits
 FACTORS AFFECTING PERCEPTION OF
PHYSICAL SELF
1. PERSONAL FACTORS
2. SOCIAL FACTORS
3. CULTURE

A person's view of their Physical selves can be affected by how they view
their self-worth. What the society says about them and the way the culture
they grew up in shaping them to be.
 Stages in the Life Span
Adolescence can be broken into 3
stages (early adolescence – 12 to
Development Stage Age Development 14 Stage Age
years old; middle adolescence –
Pre-natal period Conception to birth 15 to 17 years;
Puberty or preadolescence late to
Twelve adolescence
thirteen or –
18 to 20 years old) years
fourteen
Infancy Birth to end of the second
week Adolescence Thirteen or fourteen to
eighteen years
Babyhood End of the second week to
the end of the second year Early adulthood Eighteen to fourty years
Early childhood or Two to six years
preschool age Middle age Forty to sixty years
Late childhood or Six to ten or twelve years
elementary age Old age or senescence Sixty years to death
 Erik Erikson’s Theory
The infant feels uncertain
about the external world
The
hence,child begins
he/she seeks tofor
assert
the
Stage Psychosocial Crisis for Basic Virtue
independence Age
caregiver for stability and
and
1 Trust vs. Mistrust starts
The to
consistency make
child Hopedecisions
of care.
starts to Infancy (0 to 1 ½)
2 Autonomy vs. Shame (ex: choosing
regularly clothes
Will etc.)
interact with Early Childhood (1 to 3)
The
other individual
Peer group beginsvery
becomes
children. to
3 Initiative vs. Guilt Purpose Play Age (3 to 5)
look to the and
important future.becomes
He/she
4 Industry vs. Inferiority the Competency
sourcepossibilities
explores of self-esteem.
and School Age (5 to 12)
The stage where one shares
5 Ego Identity vs. Role Confusionform identities.
Fidelity Adolescence (12 to 18)
one’s self more intimately
Stage of established career,
6 Intimacy vs. Isolation with others. Love Young Adult (18 to 40)
family life or relationship
7 Generativity vs. Stagnation Care
and greater productivity. Adulthood (40 to 65)
8 Ego Integrity vs. Despair Wisdom Maturity (65+)
 Jean Piaget’s Theory
Sensorimotor Birth to 2 years No thought beyond immediate physical
experiences
Preoperational 2 to 7 years Able to think beyond here and now, but
egocentric and unable to perform mental
transformations
Concrete Operations 7 to 11 years Able to perform mental transformations but
only on concrete physical objects
Formal Operations 11 years to adulthood Able to perform hypothetical and abstract
reasoning