Midterms | Material Self Flashcards
Includes all the physical elements that reflect who a
person is
Material self
The more people (1) themselves in objects, the more (2) they inevitably are to them
- invest
- attached
How does money change people?
- Social and Business Value as Motivations For Completing a Given Task
- Self-sufficiency and Service
- Self-view
- Ethics
- Addiction
Motivations For Completing A Given Task (Heyman & Ariely, 2004)
- Social Value
- Business Value
Can influence thoughts and actions of people
Money
People think of tasks as part of their social duty, and they are often happy to help out
Social Value
People demands compensation before or after doing a task
Business Value
Money-conscious people tries to be independent or they rely on themselves
Self-sufficiency and Service
The amount that people earn affects how they see themselves
Self-view
Differences between classes are based upon identity and genetics
Class Essentialism
Those who perceive themselves to be in a higher class are the most likely to engage in unethical behavior
Ethics
People who have the most money or occupy higher classes are more likely to ask “what’s in it for me?”
Piff (2012): Self-Interest Maximization
Piff (2012): Self-Interest Maximization
People who have the most money or occupy higher classes are more likely to ask —
“what’s in it for me?”
Brought about by a positive response from a certain type of behavior
Addiction
Compulsive behavior is motivated by a process that leads to a seemingly positive outcome (however, not from a substance)
Behavioral or Process Addiction
Possessions are viewed as (1), unintentionally losing these
possessions is regarded as a (2)
- part of the self
- loss or lessening of the self
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
Goffman (1961)
- (1) is maintained in some institution
- Going to such places, people are deprived of personal possessions and adapts to standardized (2)
- Elimination of one’s (3)
- Lessening of the self
- “identity kits”
- uniqueness
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
Rosenblatt, Walsh, and Jackson (1976)
- Non-voluntary loss of possessions through (1)
- People experience (2) after losing such possessions
- theft or casualty
- grief and mourning
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
McLeod (1984)
- Feelings of loss of a part of the self are experienced by victims of (1)
- Goes through process of (2) or DABDA/ (3)
- natural disasters or casualty
- grief
- denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
Juliet Schor (1998)
- Connection between (1) and (2)
- Cycle of Work and Spend: people work more to buy more; income determines level of consumption (reward for working hard)
- wealth
- well-being
People work more to buy more
Cycle of Work and Spend
Income determines level of consumption (reward for working hard)
Cycle of Work and Spend
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
- Lessening of the self is maintained in some institutions
Goffman (1961)
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
- Going to such places, people are deprived of personal possessions and adapts to standardized “identity kits”
Goffman (1961)
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
- Elimination of one’s uniqueness
Goffman (1961)
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
- Non-voluntary loss of possessions through theft or casualty
Rosenblatt, Walsh, and Jackson (1976)
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
- People experience grief and mourning after losing such possessions
Rosenblatt, Walsh, and Jackson (1976)
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
- Feelings of loss of a part of the self are experienced by victims of natural disasters or casualty
McLeod (1984)
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
- Goes through process of grief or DABDA (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance)
McLeod (1984)
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
- Connection between wealth and well-being
Juliet Schor (1998)
Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:
Cycle of Work and Spend: people work more to buy more; income determines level of consumption (reward for working hard)
Juliet Schor (1998)
Special Cases of the Extended Self
- Collections
- Pets
- Body Parts
Collections
- People assemble collections of non-necessities for (1) and (2)
- May also serve as a (3) for adults
- distinction
- self- definition
- security blanket
Representatives of the self and given characteristics of people
Pets
Body Parts
- Cathexis: charging an object, activity, or idea with (1)
- When a body part is more (2), there is a greater use of (3) to care for this part of the body
- emotional energy
- highly cathected
- grooming products
Charging an object, activity, or idea with emotional energy
Cathexis
