UNPACKING THE SELF

Chapter II
 THE PHYSICAL SELF
Refers to the body that includes basic
parts such as head, neck, arm, and legs

Made up of other organs such as brain,

heart, lungs, stomach, intestines and
muscles.
 The body performs least well
during infancy and old age

 Physical efficiency generally peaks

in early adulthood and declines into
the middle age.

 Physical development and growth

during childhood continues as a
slow rate compared with rapid rate
of growth in babyhood.

 One of the most crucial stage of

development is the adolescent stage
 TOPICS

 Stages of Life Span

 Factors Affecting
Growth and
Development

 Body Image

 Concept of Beauty
 LIFE SPAN
 Development from conception to death.
 STAGES OF LIFE SPAN

PRENATAL STAGE Fertilization to birth

INFANCY Birth to two weeks of life
BABYHOOD 2 weeks of life to 2nd year
EARLY 2 TO 6 years old
CHILDHOOD
LATE CHILDHOOD 6 to 10 or 12 years old
 STAGES OF LIFE SPAN

PUBERTY 10 or 12 to 14 YEARS
OLD
ADOLESCENE 14 to 18 years old
EARLY ADULTHOOD 18 TO 40 years old
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD 40 to 60 years old
LATE ADULTHOOD 60 years old to death
 HUMAN NATURE

IS IT NATURE OR NURTURE?
NATURE NURTURE

 Socio- biologist, some  Sociologist,

psychologist and other anthropologist and
in the natural sciences others in the social
argue that behavior sciences argues that
traits can be explained human behavior is
by genetics learned and shaped
through interaction
 FACTORS AFFECTING PHYSICAL GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT

1. HEREDITY
 Biological process of transmission
of traits from parents of offspring
 The sex and others physical traits
are determined by the combination
of CHROMOSOME and GENES
during fertilization (The union of 2
cells: The egg and the sperm)
 CHROMOSOMES
 Thread like tissues that
carries the genes and are
usually found in pairs.
There are 23 pairs of
chromosomes.
 Autosomes or trait
chromosomes (22 pairs)
 Gonosome or sex
chromosomes (the x and
Y)
 GENES
 Basic carriers of hereditary
 Can be classified into
1. DOMINANT (Strong Genes)
2. RECESSIVE (Weak Genes)
 2. ENVIRONMENT

 Refers to the factors

to which the
individual is exposed
after conception to
death which includes
learning and
experience.
 BODY IMAGE

 Refers to how individuals

perceived, think and feel
about their body and
physical appearance.
 APPEARANCE
 Everything about a
person that others can
observe such as
height, weight, skin
color, clothes and
hairstyle.
 You need to feel good
about yourself.
BODY IMAGE AND SELF - ESTEEM
 A person’s overall evaluation of
his/her worth.
 Adolescence are usually affected
by the changes in their body
 Younger women and girls have
poor body image
 Body image can affect both the
adolescent’s physical and
psychological well being
 CAUSES OF POOR BODY IMAGE

 Emphasis on thin
ideal body.
 Bullying and peer
pressure
 Media
Cinderella Sleeping Beauty
“If you’re beautiful “Aurora”
enough. You may be able
to escape your terrible
living conditions by
getting a wealthy man fall
for you.”

“Pretty face don’t even

need to be alive to get
some hot princely action.
 Aladdin Beauty and the Beast
“Jasmin” as a woman your “Belle”
political worth is
reduced to your
marriageability

“Appearances don’t
matter. What counts is
what’s in your heart.
Unless you’re the girl”
 Little Mermaid
Snow White At first it may seem terrible. “Ariel”
Being so beautiful that
other women get jealous
enough to try and kill you.
But don’t worry, once your
beauty attracts a man, he’ll
protect you.

Its okay to abandon your family,

drastically change your body
and give up your strongest talent
in order to get your man. Once a
witch’s spell could draw his eyes
away from you.
Media affects our body image, our body image
affects our self esteem
 EEFECTS OF POOR BODY IMAGE

 BODY DISSATISFACTION
 DEPRESSION
 LOW SELF – ESTEEM
EATING DISORDERS
 Bulimia
follows binge, purge cycle
 Anorexia Nervosa
refuse to eat out of fear
of gaining weight
 BODY MODIFICATION
Tattooing
Permanent make –up
Body piercing
Cosmetic surgery
CONCEPT OF BEAUTY

 The definition of beauty is not constant

 Culture affects how we define beauty
 In Egyptian art, beauty is portrayed in women with slim high
waist, narrow hips and long black hair.
 Women with full figure and rounded hips were considered beautiful
during the Renaissance period.
SOME Tribes (Africa) during the medieval age consider chubby,
fat, or plum women beautiful.
 Some tribes in Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia considered
flat noses to be the most attractive.
STANDARDS OF BEAUTY
 Clean and unblemished skin
 Thick shinny hair
 Well proportioned bodies
 Symmetrical faces
 Summary

Beauty is considered important throughout history

 This is because these features indicate youth, health, good genes and
fertility
Beauty is important in society
 Attractive people have a lot of advantages in life.
Remember