KINESIOL 3H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Parsing, Scientific Control, Exercise Intensity
17 Sep 2016
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Body image: how a person sees, thinks, feels, and acts towards ones body, very specific to body. Positive: motivated, motivated, studious. : non-academic self concept social self-concept. Peers, significant others emotional self-concept emotional states. Pos: describe self as athletic, attractive, coordinated. Behavioural how you behave: what kind of clothes you wear, eg. are you at front of class or back, wearing revealing clothes or covering up indications of body image. Which of these graphs is for men and which is for women? best predictor in body image is reflected in body fatness. Bmi / body fatness is a strong predictor of body image in cross sectional studies. The higher you go up on graph, the greater the body dissatisfaction. Women very little room for error, thinner is better - the heavier you get, the further you get from cultural ideal, increased dissatisfaction. Men can"t be too thin and can"t be too heavy.
