HLTHAGE 2J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Paradigm Shift, Positive Psychology, Eating Disorder
5 Mar 2019
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"working definition" (dynamic but has overarching components) love & respect for the body: appreciate the unique beauty of the body and the functions it performs (despite appearance/function, positive schema. Incoming negative information quickly rejected or reframed: ex. Don"t internalize thin ideal without being critical and rejected or reframing so that information is not negative (e. g. unrealistic, deformed ideal) What positive body image is and is not. Working model, research mostly done on able and young bodied individuals: boxes as listed factors. Holds up between different groups: more similarities amongst groups (populations of different ages) than differences (even though model is new) for negative bi there"s more differences. Media literacy: understanding the fabricated nature of media, develop critical awareness of how media reinforces and challenges views of aging, e. g. reinforces the stereotypical views of aging. You tend to eat more or less than you normally woul. Can cause strong feelings of guilt and shame.
