PSYC 3P31 Lecture 3: 3P31 LEC 3
11 Feb 2017
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Mental illness and health relates to social psychology because it effects the way we think of others and how we interact. Body image: personal perception of your body. Body image disturbance: body dissatisfaction: woman have more body dissatisfaction, starts around the age of 8-10. About 25% of boys and 30% of girls diet despite a healthy weight. Thompson et al: asked woman to estimate 4 parts of their body (size) cheeks, waist, hips, thighs: more than 95% of woman overestimated the size of their body, on average they over estimated over 25% Other studies: men on average desired larger more muscular figures than they had. Men also believed woman want larger more muscular figure than in reality. Can"t maintain normal (cid:523)or above(cid:524) body weight. Intense fear of gaining weight, even though underweight. And inappropriate compensatory behaviour (e. g. , laxatives, vomiting, excessive exercise) Body image is all about perception, when they become extreme you become at risk for eating disorders.
