PSYCH 1100: PHYSICAL SELF

BEAUTY

the quality of being physically attractive.

THE PHYSICAL SELF

The social pressure of looking perfect gave rise to various beauty products and enhancement procedures.

GREGOR MENDEL

first figured out how genes are passed from parents to offspring in plants, including humans.

PEA PLANTS EXPERIMENT

showed that genes are passed intact from generation to generation and that traits are not blended.

fattening room

is a practice in African country whereby women or adolescent girls are kept away from their companions, societal interactions and also from performing their customary duties.

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER (BDD)

People who are suffering from BDD are so obsessed about their appearance, thus think about their flaws, real or not, incessantly and uncontrollably.

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

People with anorexia nervosa starve themselves, subsisting on little or no food for every long periods of time, yet they remain convinced that they need to lose more weight.

BULIMIA NERVOSA

An eating disorder that involves a cycle of binging and compensating, driven by the desire to control body weight or shape and an extreme fear of gaining weight.

BEING-EATING DISORDER

sense of lack of control and will eat a large amount of food within a relatively

short period of time

Body Shaming

criticizing yourself or others because of some aspect of physical appearance.

Dysfunctional

they interfere with the person’s ability to function in daily life, to hold a job

or to form close relationships.

Distress

behaviors and feelings that cause distress to the individual or to others around him or her.

Deviant

hearing voices when no one else is around, lead to judgements of abnormality

Dangerous

some behaviors and feelings are of potential harm to the individual such as suicidal gestures, or to others, such as excessive aggression.