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UNPACKING THE SELF

the physical self


The Physical Self

Explain the stages of life and identify the


contributions of genetic and environmental
factors on the physical development of the self.

Explain the impact of beauty


standards on body image.
The Physical Self

• The study of understanding the


physical self requires an
analysis of the life span and the
physical development that
happens in each stages.

• These changes affect virtually


every aspect of an
adolescent's life, particularly
the way they view themselves.
The physical self is the tangible
aspect of the person that can be
directly observed and examined.

Refers to the body- basically every single


organ which it is made of.
The Physical Self

The body's ability to perform many of its


functions degenerate gradually through
time.
The Physical Self

Middle and Late childhood- 6 to 11 years old

Adolescence - 14 to 18 years old

ROBERT HAVIGHURST, 1972 Early Adulthood - 18 to 40 years old

Prenatal - fertilization to birth


Middle Adulthood - 40 to 60 years old

Infancy - birth to two weeks Late Adulthood 60 years old to death

Babyhood - two weeks to the second year of life

Early childhood - 2 to 6 years old


I. Prenatal - fertilization to birth
➢Relating to pregnant woman and
her unborn baby.
➢Before birth; during or relating to
pregnancy

THREE PERIODS:
1.Germinal Period
(Conception – 2 weeks)
1.Embryonic Periods
(2 to 8 weeks after conception)
3. Fetal Period (2 to 9 months)
Germinal Period
✓prenatal development that
takes place in the first two
weeks after conception.

It includes:
a) the creation of the zygote;

b) continued cell division and


the attachment of the zygote
to the uterine wall.
Embryonic Period

✓ prenatal development occurs 2 to 8 weeks after conception. The zygote will become embryo.
The following development takes place:
➢ Cell differentiation intensifies
➢ Life-support systems for the embryo develop
➢ Organ appear (organogenesis)
Cell Differentiation Intensifies
3 Layers of the cells:
➢ Endoderm- inner layer
of the cell. (Digestive &
Respiratory System)
➢ Ectoderm- outermost
layer (nervous, sensory
receptors and skin parts)
➢ Mesoderm- middle layer
(Circulatory, Skeletal,
Muscular, Excretory &
Reproductive System)
Three life-support systems:

a. Placenta- connects the


baby to the mother.
b. Umbilical Cord- connects
the baby to the placenta;
c. Amnion- a bag or
envelope that contains a
clear fluid in which the
developing embryo floats.
Organogenesis

✓ Organ appear - the process of organ formation during the


first two months of prenatal development.
Fetal Period
✓ Last from about 2 months
after conception until 9
months when the infant is
born

✓ Dramatic course and organ


systems mature to the point
at which life can be
sustained outside of the
womb.
II. Infancy Stage
✓ Shortest of all developmental periods.
✓ Infant- suggests extreme helplessness.

Subdivisions of Infancy:
a. Period of the Partunate or from the
time the fetal body has emerged from the
mother’s body and lasts until the umbilical
cord has been cut and tied.

b. Period of the Neonate or from the


cutting and tying of the umbilical cord to
the end of second week of the postnatal life.
III. Babyhood/Toddlerhood Stage
✓ Usually 2 years old; “empathy” develops

✓ Characterized by decreasing dependency


for the reason that this is the time when
babies achieve enough body control to
become independent.

• Babyhood Skills: hand skills and leg skills

• Pre-speech forms of communication


(crying, cooing, babbling and emotional
expressions)
IV. Early Childhood
✓ Preschooler years
Developmental Tasks:
▪ Learning to walk
▪ Learning to crawl
▪ Learning to take solid food
▪ Learning to talk
▪ Learning to control the elimination of
body waste
▪ Learning sex differences and sexual
modesty
▪ Getting ready to read
▪ Forming concepts and learning language
to describe social and physical reality.
V. Middle and Late Childhood
✓ Grade-schoolers (Elementary School Years)
✓ The fundamental skills of 3Rs (reading,
writing and arithmetic) are mastered.
Developmental Tasks:
▪ Learning physical skills necessary for ordinary
games
▪ Learning to get along with age
mates/classmates
▪ Learning an appropriate masculine or
feminine social role
▪ Developing conscience, morality and a scale of
values.
▪ Achieving personal independence
▪ Developing physical and academic skills
VI. Adolescence
✓ Transition age from childhood to adulthood
✓ Begins with rapid physical changes.
✓ Thought is more logical, abstract and
idealistic
Developmental Tasks:
▪ Achieving new and more mature relations
with age mates of both sexes.
▪ Achieving a masculine or feminine social
role.
▪ Achieving emotional independence
▪ Preparing for marriage and family life
▪ Preparing for an economic career
VII. Early Adulthood
✓ Age of adjustment to new patterns of life and new
roles such as spouse, parent and bread winner.
✓ It is a time of establishing personal and economic
independence, career development, selecting a
mate.
Developmental Tasks:
▪ Selecting a mate.
▪ Learning to live with a partner.
▪ Starting a family
▪ Rearing children
▪ Managing home
▪ Getting started in occupation
▪ Taking on civic responsibility
▪ Finding a congenial social group
VIII. Middle Adulthood
✓ Transition age when adjustment to initial
physical and mental decline are experienced.
✓ It is a time of expanding personal and social
involvement and responsibility.
Developmental Tasks:
▪ Assisting teenage children to become
responsible and happy adults.
▪ Achieving adult social and civic responsibility
▪ Reaching and maintaining satisfactory
performance in one’s occupational career.
▪ Developing adult leisure time activities.
▪ To accept and adjust to the physiological
changes of middle age.
▪ Adjusting to aging parents.
IX. Late Adulthood
✓ It is a time for adjustment to decreasing
strength and health, life review, retirement and
adjustment to new social roles.
Developmental Tasks:
▪ Adjusting to decreasing physical strength and
health.
▪ Adjusting to retirement and reduced income.
▪ Adjusting to death of a spouse.
▪ Establishing an explicit affiliation with one’s
age group.
▪ Adapting social roles in a flexible way.
▪ Establishing satisfactory physical living
arrangements
Is physical growth and development a
product of heredity or environment?
BOTH.

• Heredity refers to the biological process of transmission of


traits from parents to offspring.
• Environment refers to the factors to which individual is
exposed after conception to death.
OF THE PHYSICAL SELF

There are several theories that can help explain the physical
self.
• Physiognomy
• Theory of Jean Haner
• Caesar Lombroso's Theory of the "born criminal"
• William Sheldon's body type theory
• Hippocrates' theory of the bodily fluids
Suggests that a person's
physical characteristic such
as facial features and body
structures could be related
or may be able to explain a
person's character or
personality.
Suggests that a person's
physical characteristic such
as facial features and body
structures could be related
or may be able to explain a
person's character or
personality.
e.g. oval-shaped faces
are generally hospitable
and tactful and people
with round-shaped faces
tend to be friendly,
kindhearted, and
selfless.
suggests that
criminals can be
anatomically identified
basing on their
facial features

- Could be anatomically identified by certain facial characteristics


or anomalies such as having sloping forehead, ears of unusual
size, enormous jaws, high cheek bones, prominent superciliary
arches, extreme size of the orbits, and sessile ears which are also
seen in savages and apes.
based on physical built and
characteristics.
suggests that an excess or
deficiency of any of the four
bodily fluids influences a
person's personality,
temperament, and well-being.
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refers to how individuals perceive, think, and


feel about their body and physical
appearance.

- body image is seen to be related to self-


esteem.
- The way adolescents react to
their physical appearance depends
in part on sociocultural factors.

- Peers, parents, or media


emphasis on thin ideal body
lead girls to experience body
dissatisfaction
Anorexia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa
beauty is portrayed in women with
slim, high waist, narrow hips, and
long black hair.

considered flat
considered noses to be the
chubby, fat, or most attractive
plump women
beautiful.
Beauty is considered important
throughout history. This is because
these features indicate youth, health,
good genes, and fertility.
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Different cultures have different definitions and perceptions of beauty.

People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

People tend to appraise others based on physical


appearance.

However. . . . .
"... and now you thought beauty
was the outward show - but now
you know the truth, my love - it's
always been the inner fire.
John Geddes
Have a great day ahead.

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