When we look at the sky the first thing we wish to see are the stars, those
amazing shinning objects everyone talks about, but not all see. Self-concept and
perception work the same way. Through interpersonal communication we relate,
communicate and evolve with other people physically and emotionally and it’s affected
by one’s self-concept, perception and emotion.
Self-concept is a term used to refer to how someone thinks about or perceives
themselves. How we think about and evaluate ourselves and how aware we are of
ourselves as a concept to be. A more stable definition is, as Baumeister provides, “the
individual's belief about himself or herself, including the person's attributes and who and
what the self is”.
Every person has a sense of being separate and distinct from others. We are
aware that our existence has survived because of how we characterized ourselves to be
different than the rest in this world of competence. Defining our character, attitudes and
actions. The way we smile, the way we move and everything works accordingly to our
gender and age.
Of course, what we see in ourselves does not necessarily have to reflect reality,
is what we believe we are. For example, a person with anorexia who is thin has the
believe that they are fat and thats how they perceive themselves to be physically.
Physical perception is who we look at when we take a look in the mirror. We don’t
only see a reflect of a body standing there, we look at who have we become as the
years have passed. The first thing we look in the mirror are our eyes, which are the
windows of our soul, those shinning stars that everyone looks but not all have the
opportunity to discover what else is there behind them. Sp...
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...elieve that physically, we are who others want to see,
because how you are perceived is what gives the world your first impression.
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And then we stopped at that. For, upon the blue of the sky below us, we saw our own face for the first time.” (Rand 80).Because he now knows how his image looks, he feels like he can trust himself and confidently adds, “And we thought that we could trust this being who looked upon us from the stream, and that we had nothing to fear with this being.” (Rand 80).... ...
With this being said, body image perception is consistently an interesting topic to health psychologists. This study was an attempt to further explore the estimation of perception. The results support the hypothesis that an individual underestimates their body image specifically in the perception condition. However, there needs to be more accurate research to gain a precise understanding of anorexia nervosa and how they view themselves.
stared back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced
Body image refers to a person’s unique perception of his/her body. It is how we perceive ourselves, how we think we appear to others, and how we feel about our looks from “our own internal view” (cash, 1990b, p. 51).This internal view is associated with a person’s feelings, thought, and evaluations (positive or negative). (Cultivation and social comparison, p. 3).
The first impression you have when meeting someone is their appearance, which makes it easy to judge people based on how they
gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than luster of the
Body image can be defined as the picture one has in his mind about the appearance (i.e. size and shape) of his body, and the attitude that he forms toward these characteristics of his body. Thus there are two components of body image: the perceptual part, or how one sees his own body, and the attitudinal part, or how one feels about his perceived bodily appearance (Gardner, 1996). A negative body image can be in the form of mild feelings of unattractiveness to extreme obsession with physical appearance that impairs normal functioning (Rosen, 1995).
According to the National Eating Disorders Collaborations (NEDC), these four aspects include perceptual body image, affective body image, cognitive body image, and behavioral body image. Perceptual body image has to do with the way one sees their own body. This aspect commonly results in an inaccurate mental representation of the way one actually physically looks. An example of Perceptual body image would be an underweight person seeing themselves as overweight. The second aspect of body image is related to the way one feels about their body. This is affective body image. “It relates to the amount of satisfaction or dissatisfaction” one has about the weight, shape, and/ or parts of their body. The way one thinks about their body is the cognitive aspect of body image. NEDC says that “This can lead to preoccupation with body shape and weight. For example, some people believe they will feel better about themselves if they are thinner or more muscular”. Lastly, behavioral body image has to do with the behaviors one acquires due to their body image. Excessive exercising and disordered eating to change one’s body are examples of destructive behavior due to negative body image. Self-isolation due to dissatisfaction would be another example of negative behavioral body
The way a person see’s oneself and imagines what they look like is one’s body image. One can either have a positive or negative connotation regarding their own body appearance. A positive body image means that most of the time one is comfortable and satisfied about the way they appear. In a sense, that means they feel good about the way they see themselves in mirrors or pictures. Having a negative body image is a common struggle for individuals. This means they are unhappy with their physical appearance and constantly want to change something about him or herself. Negative body image leads to serious mental problems such as anorexia or bulimia. Not only do we have a personal view on our body image, but society also has an input. Society
How a person perceives their body is influenced by what it looks like to them and what it looks like to others. Our society teaches us through media and social pressure that body image is important. Feeling attractive is an important part of self worth and for many, feeling attractive means matching a certain ideal appearance. Most of us will never be able to look like this ideal, but the message we get is that we risk social failure if we do not try hard enough. When we believe this message we may feel incompetent and depressed and have low self-esteem because we cant meet impossible standards of appearance.
However, when our vision is stripped from our secluded selves, reality is all you can truly “see.”
Starmans, C., & Bloom, P. (2012). Windows to the soul: Children and adults see the eyes as the location of the self. Cognition, 123(2), 313-318.
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How we present ourselves and communicate with others aside from talking is by our body language. Our body language speaks more than words which then logically accounts for a bigger percentage of our communication skills. Therefore our eyes speaks volumes about us and how we communicate.