Material/Economic Self Flashcards
Consists of things that belong to a person or entities that a person belongs to.
Material Self
Examples of Material Self
body, family, clothes, money, and such things
These are important for survival.
Needs
Synonymous with luxuries.
Wants
process of acquiring material goods, people
generally consider two things, what are those two?
Utility and Significance
which concerned with how things serve a practical purpose
Utility
It is concerned with the meaning assigned to the object.
Significance
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.
Significance
He was an American philosopher and psychologist.
WILLIAM JAMES
He is also known as the “ Father of American Psychology”.
WILLIAM JAMES
Different Components of Self according to William James
- Material Self
- Social Self
- Spiritual Self
one of the components of self that refers to tangible elements of the self.
Material Self
one of the components of self that encompasses our interaction with ourselves and other people.
Social Self
one of the components of self that reflects our values, morals and beliefs.
Spiritual Self
Composition of Material
- Self
- Home
- Immediate Family
- Clothes
- Body
is the study of objects as signs
SEMIOLOGY
It is anything that conveys meaning.
Sign
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.
Roland Barthes
It was one of the first to observe the relationship that people have with objects
Semiotics
Signs can function at two level:
- Connotation
- Denotation
one of the functions of the signs that involves meaning that are associated with or associated by the sign
Connotation
one of the functions of the signs which is the literal meaning
Denotation
Two elements of Signs?
- SIGNIFIER
- SIGNIFIED
one of the elements that refers to the physical form
SIGNIFIER
one of the elements that refers to the mental concepts
SIGNIFIED
They are not just things but are reflections of the wider lives of communications and individuals
Objects
The Theory Of The Meaning Of Material Possessions
Suggests that material goods can fulfill a range of functions. What are those functions?
- Instrumental functions
- Social Symbolic Functions
- Categorical functions
- Self-expressive Functions (Affective Functions)
Self-expressive Functions can also be called as ___?
Affective Functions
The functional properties of a product
Instrumental functions
Signify personal qualities, social standing, group affiliation and gender role
Social Symbolic Functions
Which material possessions may be used to communicate group membership or status.
Categorical functions
A person’s unique qualities, values or attitudes.
Self-expressive Functions (Affective Functions)
Enumerate: Objects or Materials as Process of Self-Extension
- Ways of incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self.
- Contamination
- Maintaining Multiple Levels of Self
pang-ilang Ways of incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self?
__ way is through appropriating or controlling an object for personal use.
One
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
second
pang-ilang Ways of incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self?
The __ way in which objects become a part of self is by knowing them.
third
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.
Ways of incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self.
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.
Contamination
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.
Maintaining Multiple Levels of Self
It is when you pays more importance to material possessions than intangible values.
Materialism
___ 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.
Materialistic people
Materialistic people 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.
__ is the pattern of consumption that describes the consumer.
Consumer Identity
__ are often used as symbolic resources for the construction and maintenance of identity and their expression of identity
brands
__ is the preoccupation with and an inclination towards the buying of consumer goods.
CONSUMERISM
___ is the consumption of material goods and services in excess of one’s basic needs.
Consumerism
