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