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Body Image
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- 1Effects of body image on behaviour & outcomes- Checking behaviour
- Dangerous Dietary practices
- Dangerous weight control methods
- Substance abuse
- Cosmetic procedures
- Impairments in sexual function
- Lower psychological wellbeing, particularly for young people - 2How body image affects our self-perception of bodyNot always a correct representation (distorted)
Negative body image usually predicts distorted perception - 3Self-verification (information processing)- Only accepting information that is in line with pre-existing view about self.
- eg. rejecting when someone says you're thin - 4Important factors- Cultural ideal (culturally prescribed and endorsed idealised body image)
- Self-descrepency Theory
-Self Comparison Theory
-Social Learning Theory - 5The Cultural IdealIdealised bodies promoted in our culture:
Promulgated by media, filtered down to social relations, reinforced & encouraged.
(thinness, low body fat with breasts for women)
(muscular, low body-fat, v-shaped for men) - 6—
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- Psychology Flashcards on Body Image, created by DAPHNE WOOTTON on 13/06/2019.
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