Body Image

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Psychology Fichas sobre Body Image, creado por DAPHNE WOOTTON el 13/06/2019.
DAPHNE WOOTTON
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Effects 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
How body image affects our self-perception of body Not always a correct representation (distorted) Negative body image usually predicts distorted perception
Self-verification (information processing) - Only accepting information that is in line with pre-existing view about self. - eg. rejecting when someone says you're thin
Important factors - Cultural ideal (culturally prescribed and endorsed idealised body image) - Self-descrepency Theory -Self Comparison Theory -Social Learning Theory
The Cultural Ideal Idealised 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)
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