BPK 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Heritability, Skin Fold, Somatotype And Constitutional Psychology
3 Mar 2016
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Body image: the picture an individual has of her own body formed in her mind. Individuals assign qualities of size, shape, and attractiveness to their bodies for personalized standards which may bear little relation to actual body characteristics. Women are much more critical of their appearance than men. Women will be dissatisfied with their reflection in the mirror/distorted image. Some people love and parade their bodies; others are ashamed of their bodies and hide them. The primary determinants of body appearance are: the skeleton, muscle, and fat. The somatotype: a quantitative description of the present structure and composition of the body. This method of physique classification was developed by w. h. The real value of somatotyping lies in its contribution toward a better understanding of the individual. (skin fold) Sheldon"s somatotype: three primary components of body build: (1) endomorphy: the relative predominance of soft roundness throughout the body. (2) mesomorphy: relative predominance of muscle, bone, and connective tissue.
