| Appearance | Feelings | Feelings Stem From: | Theories |
| Hair | Love-Hate Relationship.
I have type 4c hair is really kinky and doesn’t visible have a curl pattern unless water and creme are added to it. Personally, it is hard for me to maintain and style. |
I’ve been told that my hair isn’t good hair by some, that it is/looks nappy and even that I can’t do much to or with it.
My personal preference is wearing my hair in braids because I don’t like wearing my hair out most of the time. |
Social Learning Theory
Psychoanalytical Theory |
| Eyes | I have poor eyesight.
I have to wear glasses 24/7 and contacts as my back up choice. |
Personally, it is very inconvenient having to wear glasses all the time throughout the day in order to be able to see properly. Without them my eyes get strained from looking at screens for long periods of time. | Cognitive Development Theory
Biological Determinism Theory |
| Smile | I like to smile
Even though I like smiling my teeth never look white to me so I try not to smile for too long. |
I have been told that I have a contagious and nice smile and I agree. However, I have this complex about the color of my teeth and I think it is because I know that whenever I smile my teeth are what the person is looking at. | Social Learning Theory
Psychoanalytical Theory |
While doing this, I can definitely say that most of my physical appearance deal with psychological theories like, social learning and psychoanalytic theories which influence my feelings. This is due to society and its beauty standards/norms and what is viewed as “pretty” or “beautiful”. We try to uphold these beauty standards without realizing it, in my family we all have different types of hair, for example, my mom has 3b hair, I have 4c type hair and the list goes on and on. When my hair would be in its natural afro puff it is actually relieving because I don’t get teased about it in my family especially by my mom; she embraces hers and so does my aunt. Even though this happens societies views can really repress these good feelings because as mentioned before my hair is not “good” hair solely because it doesn’t fit the national and normal standard of beauty; these “standards” later on in life make you unconsciously gauge yourself. Additionally, I mentioned biological determinism and cognitive development theories when I was talking about my eyes, I think this is the best way to relate to my feelings because it doesn’t deal with how I feel about my appearance or what I’ve learned about “beauty” standards.
