THE PHYSICAL SELF

THE PHYSICAL SELF

• It refers to the body that includes basic parts
such as head, neck, arms and legs

• Made up of other organs such as the brain,

heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, and muscle
 THE PHYSICAL SELF

• LIFE SPAN
• FACTORS AFFECTING PHYSICAL
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
• BODY IMAGE
• CONCEPT OF BEAUTY
 LIFE SPAN

 Development from
conception to
death
 ELIZABETH B. HURLOCK

Outlined the stages of life span

Divided the stages into 10 parts

 STAGES OF LIFE SPAN
PRENATAL Fertilization to the birth

INFANCY Birth to 2 weeks of life

BABYHOOD 2 weeks of life and to 2nd year

EARLY CHILDHOOD 2 to 6 years old

LATE CHILDHOOD 6 to 10 or 12 years old

PUBERTY 10 or 12 to 14 years old

ADOLESCENCE 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

 Socio-biologists, psychologists
and others in the natural
NATURE sciences argue that behavior
traits can be explained by
genetics.

Sociologists, anthropologists
and others in the social
sciences argue that human NURTURE
behavior is 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 other physical traits are

determined by the combination of (1)
chromosome and (2) genes during
fertilization (the union of the two cells: Egg
and Sperm
CHROMOSOMES

 Thread like tissues that carries the genes, and

are usually found in pair
 A human typically has 23 pairs of chromosomes

• TWO TYPES:
1. Autosomes or trait chromosome (22 pairs)
2. Gonosome or sex chromosomes (the X and Y)
GENES
 Basic carries of hereditary traits

 Can be classified into:

1. Dominant (strong genes)

2. Recessive (weak genes)
 RECESSIVE vs. DOMINANT

Recessive: The trait not

expressed when the
dominant form of the trait is
present

Dominant: The expressed

form of the trait when
present (even if it is just 1
allele)
 FACTORS AFFECTING PHYSICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

1. ENVIRONMENT
 refers to the factors to which the individual
is exposed after conception to death which
includes learning and experience
Factors such as diet, nutrition and diseases
play an important role in physical
development.
 BODY IMAGE
 Refers to how individuals perceive, think
and feel about their body and physical
appearance

APPEARANCE
 Refers to everything about a person that others
can observe such as height, weight, skin color,
clothes and hairstyle
 Through appearances, people show others
the kind of persons they are
SELF-ESTEEM
 A person’s overall evaluation of his or her
own worth
 Low self-esteem is very common in
adolescents

 Adolescents worry about different parts of

their bodies. Younger women and girls tend
to have poor body image
3 OF THE MOST
COMMON CAUSES
OF POOR BODY
IMAGE ARE:
3 OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF POOR BODY IMAGE ARE:

 Emphasis on thin ideal

body
3 OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF POOR BODY IMAGE ARE:

 Bullying and peer

pressure
3 OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF POOR BODY IMAGE ARE:

 Media
3 OF THE MOST
COMMON CAUSES
OF POOR BODY
IMAGE ARE:
ODY IMAGE
MAGE

ACTION
EFFECTS OF
POOR BODY
IMAGE
 EFFECTS OF POOR BODY IMAGE
MAGE

BODY DISSATISFACTION
 EFFECTS
EFFECTS OF POOR
OF POOR BODYBODY IMAGE
IMAGE


DEPRESSION
BODY DISSATISFACTION
 EFFECTS
EFFECTS OF OF POOR
POOR BODYBODY IMAGE
IMAGE
EFFECTS OF POOR BODY IMAGE

 LOW 
DEPRESSION
BODY DISSATISFACTION
SELF-ESTEEM
 EFFECTS
EFFECTS OF OF POOR
POOR BODYBODY IMAGE
IMAGE
EFFECTS OF POOR
EFFECTS BODYBODY
OF POOR IMAGEIMAGE

EATING
 LOW  
DEPRESSION
BODY DISSATISFACTION
DISORDER
SELF-ESTEEM
CONCEPT OF BEAUTY

How do you define

beauty

?
In Egyptian art,
beauty is portrayed
In women with slim,
high waist, narrow
hips, and long black
hair
CONCEPT OF BEAUTY

How do you define

beauty

?
Women with full figure and rounded hips were
considered beautiful during the renaissance period.

 Some tribes in 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.
4 STANDARDS OF BEAUTY
 Clean and unblemished skin
 Thick shinny hair
 Well-proportioned bodies
 Symmetrical Faces

 Beauty is important in all societies.

 Attractive people have a lot of advantages in
life
 Above all things physical, it is important to be
beautiful the inside.