BPK 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Somatotype And Constitutional Psychology, Body Image, Heritability
8 Sep 2015
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Body image - the picture an individual has of her own body which she forms in her mind. Individuals assign qualities of size, shape, and attractiveness to their bodies in terms of personalized standards which may bear little relation to actual body characteristics. Some people love and parade their bodies; others are ashamed of their bodies and hide them. The primary determinants of body appearance are (a) the skeleton (b) muscle (c) fat. The somatotype is 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 or the individual: sheldon"s somatotype. Sheldon rated each component on a seven point scale to indicate it"s relative contribution to the total physique. This three numeral rating of a physique is called the somatotype. Sheldon studied 15,000 men and identified 88 basic somatotypes.
