Material/Economic Self Flashcards

1
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Consists of things that belong to a person or entities that a person belongs to.

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Material Self

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2
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Examples of Material Self

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body, family, clothes, money, and such things

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3
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These are important for survival.

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Needs

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4
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Synonymous with luxuries.

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Wants

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5
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process of acquiring material goods, people
generally consider two things, what are those two?

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Utility and Significance

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6
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which concerned with how things serve a practical purpose

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Utility

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7
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It is concerned with the meaning assigned to the object.

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Significance

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8
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It is also concerned with how objects become powerful symbols or icons of habit and ritual which can be quite separate from their primary function.

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Significance

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9
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He was an American philosopher and psychologist.

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WILLIAM JAMES

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10
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He is also known as the “ Father of American Psychology”.

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WILLIAM JAMES

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11
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Different Components of Self according to William James

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  1. Material Self
  2. Social Self
  3. Spiritual Self
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12
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one of the components of self that refers to tangible elements of the self.

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Material Self

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13
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one of the components of self that encompasses our interaction with ourselves and other people.

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Social Self

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14
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one of the components of self that reflects our values, morals and beliefs.

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Spiritual Self

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15
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Composition of Material

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  1. Self
  2. Home
  3. Immediate Family
  4. Clothes
  5. Body
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16
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is the study of objects as signs

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SEMIOLOGY

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17
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It is anything that conveys meaning.

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Sign

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18
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Semiotics according to him was one of the first to observe the relationship that people have with objects, and in particular looked at the objects as signs or things which could be decoded to convey messages beyond their practical value.

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Roland Barthes

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19
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It was one of the first to observe the relationship that people have with objects

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Semiotics

20
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Signs can function at two level:

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  1. Connotation
  2. Denotation
21
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one of the functions of the signs that involves meaning that are associated with or associated by the sign

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Connotation

22
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one of the functions of the signs which is the literal meaning

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Denotation

23
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Two elements of Signs?

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  1. SIGNIFIER
  2. SIGNIFIED
24
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one of the elements that refers to the physical form

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SIGNIFIER

25
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one of the elements that refers to the mental concepts

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SIGNIFIED

26
Q

They are not just things but are reflections of the wider lives of communications and individuals

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Objects

27
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The Theory Of The Meaning Of Material Possessions
Suggests that material goods can fulfill a range of functions. What are those functions?

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  1. Instrumental functions
  2. Social Symbolic Functions
  3. Categorical functions
  4. Self-expressive Functions (Affective Functions)
28
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Self-expressive Functions can also be called as ___?

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Affective Functions

29
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The functional properties of a product

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Instrumental functions

30
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Signify personal qualities, social standing, group affiliation and gender role

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Social Symbolic Functions

31
Q

Which material possessions may be used to communicate group membership or status.

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Categorical functions

32
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A person’s unique qualities, values or attitudes.

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Self-expressive Functions (Affective Functions)

33
Q

Enumerate: Objects or Materials as Process of Self-Extension

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  1. Ways of incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self.
  2. Contamination
  3. Maintaining Multiple Levels of Self
34
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pang-ilang Ways of incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self?
__ way is through appropriating or controlling an object for personal use.

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One

35
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pang-ilang Ways of incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self?
A __ way of having an object and incorporating it into self is by creating it

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second

36
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pang-ilang Ways of incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self?
The __ way in which objects become a part of self is by knowing them.

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third

37
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One way is through appropriating or controlling an object for personal use.
A second way of having an object and incorporating it into self is by creating it
The third way in which objects become a part of self is by knowing them.

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Ways of incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self.

38
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An important omission in this list of modes of interpersonal contamination is the acquisition of possessions of another person that have been intimately associated with that person.

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Contamination

39
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The possessions central to self may be visualized in concentric layers around the core self, and will differ over individuals, over time, and over cultures that create shared symbolic meanings for different goods.

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Maintaining Multiple Levels of Self

40
Q

It is when you pays more importance to material possessions than intangible values.

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Materialism

41
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___ are those who are obsessed with having material possessions and this is considered a psychological disorder which is called as compulsive buying disorder or COD.

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Materialistic people

42
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Materialistic people are those who are obsessed with having material possessions and this is considered a psychological disorder which is called as ___

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compulsive buying disorder or COD.

43
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__ is the pattern of consumption that describes the consumer.

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Consumer Identity

44
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__ are often used as symbolic resources for the construction and maintenance of identity and their expression of identity

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brands

45
Q

__ is the preoccupation with and an inclination towards the buying of consumer goods.

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CONSUMERISM

46
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___ is the consumption of material goods and services in excess of one’s basic needs.

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Consumerism