Chapter II: UNPACKING THE SELF
A. The physical self;
1. The self as impacted by the body
● According to William James, the body is the initial source of sensation
and necessary for the origin and maintenance of the personality. So it
means that we change our perception of ourselves if there’s uncertain
happens to our body.
2. The impact of culture on body image and self-esteem: The importance of
beauty.
● A crucial aspect of the self is one’s physical features including the face,
bodily structure, height, and weight. However, people should also
consider their physical competencies, valuation of physical worth, and
perception of beauty.
● In today's generation beauty is really important in building your body
image and self esteem. Through the evolution of our culture that
beauty is important, some individuals seek to have surgery to meet
their own standard of beauty.
Chapter II: UNPACKING THE SELF
THE PHYSICAL SELF
INTRODUCTION:
Beauty is the most important concern in many people today, as it drives the
individual to be concious on thier physical appearance.
The self as impacted by the body
A crucial aspect of the self is one’s physical features including the face, bodily
structure, heigth, and weight. However, people should also consider thier physical
competencies, valuation of physical worth, and perception of beauty. According to
William James, the body is the initial source of sensation and necessary for the
origin and maintenace of the personality. So it means that we chage our perception
on our selves if there’s uncertain happens to our body.
The impact of culture on body image and self-esteem: The importance of
beauty
WHAT IS CULTURE?
Culture is defined as a social system that is characterized by the shared
meanings that are attributed to people and events by its member.
WHAT IS BODY IMAGE?
Body image is the perception that a person has of their physical self and the
thoughts and feelings that a resut from that perception. These feelings can be
poitive, negative, or both and are influenced by individual and environmental factors.
WHAT IS SELF-ESTEEM?
Self-esteem is your opinion of yourself. People with healthy self-esteem like
themselves and value thier achievements While everyone lacks confidence
occasionally, people with law self-esteem feel unhappy or unsitisfied with themselves
most of the time.
HOW CULTURE IMPACTED THE BODY IMAGE?
Did you know that healthy body image is more than simply tolerating what
you like or “not disliking” yourself?
Most of all people today made the physical appearance as one of the
important factors in building your body image. So through the evolution of our culture
that physical look is important, some individual seeks to have surgery to meet thier
own standard of beauty. A significant aspects of culture that strongly influences
adolencenst who are in face to face encounter with thier physical selves is how thier
culture conceptualized beauty. Young adolescents are force to adhere to society’s
definition of beauty so that they well not be labelled ugly or “pangit” in local dialect.
