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Flashcards by DAPHNE WOOTTON, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by DAPHNE WOOTTON
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| 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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