What is Physical Self?
Physical Self refers to the body, this marvelous container and complex, finely tuned, machine with which we interface with our environment and fellow beings.
He perceived the body as res extensa meaning that what is essential to it is really its volume.
Rene Descartes
It refers to the physical, material substance that occupies space and can be measured in terms of dimensions such as length, width, and depth.
Res Extensa
Body image refers to?
Body image refers to the subjective perception and emotional response you have about your physical appearance. It encompasses how you view your body and how these perceptions affect your self-esteem and identity.
He considered the body as the primary source of sensation and is essential for the origin and maintenance of personality.
William James
This is how further William James viewed the body
He viewed the body as “expressive tool of indwelling consciousness”
It refers to the inner qualities of the person
Inner Beauty
He is known as the founder of psychoanalysis, Freud’s construction of self and personality made the Physical Body the core of human experience.
Sigmund Freud
This is the stage when the Industry vs. Inferiority in each individual
School Age: 6 to 12 years
A person’s evaluation of his or her own worth.
Self-Esteem
For him, personality and self are “mere explanatory fictions” what factors solely is the body.
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
In the psychosexual development theory by Sigmund Freud, this is where the sexual impulses are suppressed, and the focus is on socialization. What stage is this?
Latency stage (6 years to puberty)
It refers to how people present themselves outwardly and how they are perceived by others.
Appearance
He considered people as “unopened, yet certainly, not an empty box”
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
In contemporary views of physical self, _________ ________ on the body are shaped by media standards and societal changes, reflecting evolving ideals of beauty and body diversity, and challenging past notions of perfection.
Modern perspectives