The Physical Self

Physical Self

Made up of other organs such as the brain, heart, stomach, intestines, and muscles.

Adolescence stage.

one of the most crucial stage of development

Adolescence

This stage is characterized by rapidly physical changes that includes the maturation of the reproductive system.

Life Span

Development from conception of death.

Elizabeth Hurlock

She outlined the stages in the life span and divide it
into ten stages in her book, Developmental Psychology: A Life Span Approach

Prenatal

Fertilization to the birth.

Infancy

Birth until the end of the second week

Babyhood

Two weeks of life to two years old

Early Childhood

Two (2) to six (6) years old

Late Childhood

Six to ten or 12 years old

Puberty

(Preadolescence) 12 to 13 or 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

Erik Erikson

Believed in the importance of the body from early development because the physical as well as intellectual skills will somehow serve as a basis to whether a person has achieved a sense of competence and be able to manage and face the demands of life complexities.

William James

Considered the body as the initial source of sensation and necessary for the origin and maintenance of personality.

Nature

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

Heredity

It refers to the process by which physical
and genetic characteristics are passed
down from parents to offspring.

Heredity

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)

Chromosome

Are slender structures located in the cell nucleus that contain genetic information encoded in DNA.

Genes

Are segments of DNA located on chromosomes that determine specific characteristics, such as eye color, height, and potential for certain health conditions.

Environment

it refers to the factors to which the individual is exposed after conception to death which includes learning and experience.

Environment

factors such as diet, nutrition, and diseases play an important role in physical development.

Culture

Defined as a social system that is characterized by the shared meanings that are attributed to people and events by its members.

Culture

Considered as major determinants of an individual personality.

Culture

Beliefs, Tradition, Values, and Customs

Body Image

It refers to the persons' perception of the level of attractiveness of his/her body or it can be somebody's own perception of how his/her body looks.

Body Image

It may also be our sense of how other people view our bodies.

Body Adornment

Refers to the practice of physically enhancing the body by styling and decorating and embellishing their fingernails, wearing makeup, painting the body, wearing jewelery and the use of clothing (it is temporary)

Body Modification

Refers to the physical alteration of the body through the use of surgery, tattooing, piercing, scarification, branding, general mutilation, implants and other practices.

Body Modification

It can be permanent or temporary, although most are permanent and alter the body forever.

Self - Esteem

It is a measure of a person's self-worth based on some personal or social standard.

Self - Esteem

It is how we value and perceive ourselves.

Self - Esteem

It is based on our opinions and beliefs about ourselves

Developing Self-Esteem

Standard has been set by society and reinforced by
media, any characteristics that does not conform
to standard is labelled as ugly.

Developing Self-Esteem

The misconceptions strongly affect how the young form their body image and its influence on their
self-esteem.

Developing Self-Esteem

Knowing that adolescence is the period where self identity is formed

Physical Self

It refers to the body, both physical extremities and external organs, which work together to perform many of its functions.

Physical Self

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

Nurture

Socio-biologists, anthropologists and others in the social sciences argue that human behavior is learned and shaped through interaction.