Midterms | Material Self

Question 1

Includes all the physical elements that reflect who a
person is

Answer 1

Material self

Question 2

The more people (1) themselves in objects, the more (2) they inevitably are to them

Answer 2

1. invest
2. attached

Question 3

How does money change people?

Answer 3

1. Social and Business Value as Motivations For Completing a Given Task
2. Self-sufficiency and Service
3. Self-view
4. Ethics
5. Addiction

Question 4

Motivations For Completing A Given Task (Heyman & Ariely, 2004)

Answer 4

1. Social Value
2. Business Value

Question 5

Can influence thoughts and actions of people

Answer 5

Money

Question 6

People think of tasks as part of their social duty, and they are often happy to help out

Answer 6

Social Value

Question 7

People demands compensation before or after doing a task

Answer 7

Business Value

Question 8

Money-conscious people tries to be independent or they rely on themselves

Answer 8

Self-sufficiency and Service

Question 9

The amount that people earn affects how they see themselves

Answer 9

Self-view

Question 10

Differences between classes are based upon identity and genetics

Answer 10

Class Essentialism

Question 11

Those who perceive themselves to be in a higher class are the most likely to engage in unethical behavior

Answer 11

Ethics

Question 12

People who have the most money or occupy higher classes are more likely to ask “what’s in it for me?”

Answer 12

Piff (2012): Self-Interest Maximization

Question 13

Piff (2012): Self-Interest Maximization
People who have the most money or occupy higher classes are more likely to ask —

Answer 13

“what’s in it for me?”

Question 14

Brought about by a positive response from a certain type of behavior

Answer 14

Addiction

Question 15

Compulsive behavior is motivated by a process that leads to a seemingly positive outcome (however, not from a substance)

Answer 15

Behavioral or Process Addiction

Question 16

Possessions are viewed as (1), unintentionally losing these
possessions is regarded as a (2)

Answer 16

1. part of the self
2. loss or lessening of the self

Question 17

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)

Answer 17

1. Lessening of the self
2. “identity kits”
3. uniqueness

Question 18

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

Answer 18

1. theft or casualty
2. grief and mourning

Question 19

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)

Answer 19

1. natural disasters or casualty
2. grief
3. denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance

Question 20

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)

Answer 20

1. wealth
2. well-being

Question 21

People work more to buy more

Answer 21

Cycle of Work and Spend

Question 22

Income determines level of consumption (reward for working hard)

Answer 22

Cycle of Work and Spend

Question 23

Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:

• Lessening of the self is maintained in some institutions

Answer 23

Goffman (1961)

Question 24

Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:

• Going to such places, people are deprived of personal possessions and adapts to standardized “identity kits”

Answer 24

Goffman (1961)

Question 25

Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:

• Elimination of one’s uniqueness

Answer 25

Goffman (1961)

Question 26

Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:

• Non-voluntary loss of possessions through theft or casualty

Answer 26

Rosenblatt, Walsh, and Jackson (1976)

Question 27

Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:

• People experience grief and mourning after losing such possessions

Answer 27

Rosenblatt, Walsh, and Jackson (1976)

Question 28

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

Answer 28

McLeod (1984)

Question 29

Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:

• Goes through process of grief or DABDA (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance)

Answer 29

McLeod (1984)

Question 30

Research Findings/Articles on Possessions and the Self:

• Connection between wealth and well-being

Answer 30

Juliet Schor (1998)

Question 31

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)

Answer 31

Juliet Schor (1998)

Question 32

Special Cases of the Extended Self

Answer 32

1. Collections
2. Pets
3. Body Parts

Question 33

Collections

• People assemble collections of non-necessities for (1) and (2)
• May also serve as a (3) for adults

Answer 33

1. distinction
2. self- definition
3. security blanket

Question 34

Representatives of the self and given characteristics of people

Answer 34

Pets

Question 35

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

Answer 35

1. emotional energy
2. highly cathected
3. grooming products

Question 36

Charging an object, activity, or idea with emotional energy

Answer 36

Cathexis