Uself Flashcards
-Refers to the tangible and physical aspects of an individual’s identity and self-concept
-encompasses possessions, objects, and physical surroundings that are closely associated with a person and contribute to their sense of self, self-expression, and
personal identity.
- component of the broader self-
concept, which also includes psychological and social dimensions
-Remains an area of ongoing study
material self
Who stated that “we regard our
possessions as parts of our selves. We are
what we have and what we possess” ?
Belk (1988)
T or F: there is an indirect link between self-identity and what we have and possess.
FALSE: there is a DIRECT link between self-identity and what we have and possess.
T or F: Our wanting to have and possess has a connection with another aspect of the self, the material self
TRUE
Wrote “the principles of psychology” in 1890
William James
What does James’s book contain?
- Constituents
- The feelings and emotions they arouse (self feelings)
- The actions to which they prompt (self-seeking and self-preservation)
Who stated that the material self is primarily about our bodies, clothes, immediate family, and home and that we are deeply affected by the things mentioned due to the fact we have put investment of ourself to them?
William James
- Innermost part of our material self
- directly attached to this type of material self
body
T or F: We do not have certain preferential attachment or intimate closeness to certain body parts because it lacks value.
FALSE: We DO have certain preferential attachment
or intimate closeness to certain body parts because of its VALUE to us.
Essential part of the material self and is a form of self expression, also placed as second in the hierarchy of material self.
clothing
What book did Lotze write?
Microcosmus
In Lotze’s book, it states that “any time we bring an object into the
surface of our body, we invest that object into the ____ of our _____ taking in its contours to be our own and making it part of the self”
Consciousness, personal existence
T or F: The fabric and style of the clothes we wear bring sensations to the body to which directly affect our attitudes and behavior
TRUE
Third in the hierarchy and what it does or becomes affects us
Immediate family
T or F: When a family member dies, part of ourself dies too and when they achieve something, we feel their achievements and vice versa.
TRUE
T or F: we do not have a voluntary instinct to help when a family member is in danger
FALSE; we HAVE a voluntary instinct to help when a family member is in danger
We place a ___ investment in our immediate family when we see them as the nearest____.
huge, replica of ourself
- Fourth component of material self
- “____is where the heart is”, hence making it the nearest nest of self hood.
-an extension of ourself because we can directly connect it to our self.
Home
An old cliche about rooms
“if only walls can speak” HALSEY????
Having ______ to things, made us attached to those things. The ____ investment of self- given to the particular thing, the _____ we identify ourselves to it.
investment of self, more, more
T or F: we rarely collect and possess properties
FALSE: we TEND to collect and possess properties
T or F: The collections in different
degree of investment of self, becomes part of the self
TRUE
T or F: As Russel Belk (1988) described self: “a man’s self is the sum total of all what he CAN call his.” Possessions then become part a
part of an extension of the self.
FALSE: James (1980) described this
Who stated that “We regard our
possessions as part of ourselves. We are what we have and what we posses.”
Russel Belk (1988)