UTS - REVIEWER PART 1

PHYSICAL SELF

it is the important component in the study of the person’s self and identity.

HEREDITY

the sum of all biological processes by which particular characteristics are transmitted from parents to offspring.

ADOLESCENCE

a developmental stage that has been defined as starting with puberty and ending with the transition to adulthood.

PUBERTY

characterized by the increase in the size of the reproductive organs followed by the appearance of hair in the pubic area, axillary and the face.

SIGMUND FREUD

the physical body is the core of human experience.

ADONIS

a type of body that boys dream.

COCA-COLA BODY

the body that the girls want.

BODY IMAGE

it refers to how individuals perceive, think and feel about their body and physical appearance.

APPEARANCE

everything about a person that others can observe such as weight, skin or color, clothes and hairstyle.

SELF ESTEEM

a person overall evaluation for his or her own worth.

BULIMIA

a serious and life- threatening eating disorder.

LOW SELF-ESTEEM

it is the feeling when someone lacks confidence about who they are and what they do.

SEXUAL SELF

this is the part of yourself where you can learn and understand your sexual development.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

it identifies who you are physically, emotionally, spiritually, and emotionally attracted to, based on their sex/gender in relation to your own.

HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

any activity between two persons and in a group that induces sexual arousal.

HIV

a virus that attacks cell that help the body fight infection.

HUMAN SEXUALITY

an important part of who a person is and what she/he will become.

GENDER IDENTITY

it is how you, in your head, think about yourself.

GENDER EXPRESSION

it is how you demonstrate your gender; through the ways you act, dress, behave, and interact.

BIOLOGICAL SEX

it refers to the objectively measurable organs, hormones, and chromosomes.

SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT

can identify by the sexual knowledge and beliefs they come to learn and the behavior they show.

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

this can cause severe starvation and death mostly in girls aged 12-40.

SEX

usually refers to their status as female/male

GENDER

it is referring to social characteristics that may be aligned with a person’s sex and adopted by an individual as their gender identity.

EROGENOUS ZONES

refers to parts of the body that are primarily receptive and increase sexual arousal when touched or caressed in sexual manner

SEXUAL FETISHISM

is a problem in which a person has sexual urges associated with non-living objects.