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    To Buy or Not To Buy : That Is The Question!

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    This document discusses how our possessions and material goods become part of our self-identity. It draws on the work of William James who identified three components of the self: its constituents, the feelings they arouse, and the actions they prompt. Our body, clothes, family, and home are described as important parts of our "material self" as we develop intimate connections and invest parts of our self into them. The more we invest ourselves into particular objects, the more we see them as extensions of our self.

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    This document discusses how our possessions and material goods become part of our self-identity. It draws on the work of William James who identified three components of the self: its constituents, the feelings they arouse, and the actions they prompt. Our body, clothes, family, and home are described as important parts of our "material self" as we develop intimate connections and invest parts of our self into them. The more we invest ourselves into particular objects, the more we see them as extensions of our self.

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    This document discusses how our possessions and material goods become part of our self-identity. It draws on the work of William James who identified three components of the self: its constituents, the feelings they arouse, and the actions they prompt. Our body, clothes, family, and home are described as important parts of our "material self" as we develop intimate connections and invest parts of our self into them. The more we invest ourselves into particular objects, the more we see them as extensions of our self.

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    To Buy or Not To Buy : That Is The Question!

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    TO BUY OR

    NOT TO BUY…
    THAT IS THE QUESTION!

    PSY 100
    UNDERSTANDING THE
    SLEF
    INTRODUCTION

    • “We regard our possessions as parts of


    our selves. We are what we have and
    what we possess.” (Belk, 1988)
    – There is a direct link between self-identity with
    what we have and possess.
    – Our wanting to have and possess has a
    connection with our Material Self
    MATERIAL SELF
    • William James, Harvard psychologist,
    in his book “The Principles of
    Psychology”:
    – 3 components of the self
    • Its constituents
    • The feelings and emotions they arouse –
    self-feelings
    • The actions to which they prompt, self-
    seeking and self-preservation
    CONSTITUENTS OF THE SELF
    (Trentmann 2016; Green 1997)

    • MATERIAL SELF
    • SOCIAL SELF
    • SPIRITUAL SELF
    • PURE EGO
    The MATERIAL SELF
    BODY
    • Inner most part of our material self
    • We are directly attached to and that we cannot
    live without it
    • We strive hard to make sure that this body
    functions well and good
    • We have certain preferential attachment or
    intimate closeness to certain body parts because
    of its value to us
    – People who get their certsin body parts insured, e.g.,
    Mariah Carey (vocal cords and legs)
    CLOTHES
    • James believes that this is an essential part of
    the material self - as influenced by “Philosophy
    of Dress” by Herman Lotze
    • “any time we bring an object into the surface of
    our body, we invest that object into the
    consciousness of our personal existence taking
    in its contours to be pour own and making it part
    of the self” (Lotze, Microcosmus)
    • It is a form of self-expression
    • We choose and wear clothes that are reflection
    of our self (Watson, 2014)
    FAMILY
    • Parents and siblings hold another great
    important part of the self
    • What they do or become affect us
    – When a member dies, a part of us dies too
    – When in success, we feel their victories
    – When in disadvantage situation, there is an
    urge to help
    • We place huge investment to our
    immediate family when we see them as
    the nearest replica of our self
    HOME
    • Home is where our heart is
    • Earliest nest of our selfhood
    experiences inside the home were
    recorded and marked on particular parts
    and things in our home
    • “if only walls can speak”
    • It is an extension of self because in it, we
    can directly connect our self
    • Having investment of self to things, made
    us attached to those things
    • The more investment of self is given to the
    particular thing, the more we identify
    ourselves to it
    • “A man’s self is the sum total of all what he
    CAN call his” (James 1980)
    • Possessions then become part or a n
    extension of self,

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