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Material Self: Prof. Dawnie Dela Cruz Rpsy

This document discusses the concept of material self and how possessions can become part of one's identity. It begins by outlining the lesson objectives which are to explain how self and possessions are associated, identify the role of consumer culture in self and identity, and assess one's self based on the description of material self. It then provides an activity where the reader imagines having a debit card to buy anything to make themselves happy and lists what they would purchase. Several analysis questions are posed about the activity. The document goes on to define material self and its key constituents of body, clothes, immediate family, home and possessions. It discusses how we invest ourselves in these material things and how they become part of our self-concept and way

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Material Self: Prof. Dawnie Dela Cruz Rpsy

This document discusses the concept of material self and how possessions can become part of one's identity. It begins by outlining the lesson objectives which are to explain how self and possessions are associated, identify the role of consumer culture in self and identity, and assess one's self based on the description of material self. It then provides an activity where the reader imagines having a debit card to buy anything to make themselves happy and lists what they would purchase. Several analysis questions are posed about the activity. The document goes on to define material self and its key constituents of body, clothes, immediate family, home and possessions. It discusses how we invest ourselves in these material things and how they become part of our self-concept and way

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Material Self

Prof. Dawnie Dela Cruz RPsy


CASE/Psychology
LESSON OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

• Explain the association of self and possessions;


• Identify the role of consumer culture to self and
identity; and
• Assess one’s self based on the description of material
self
ACTIVITY
A very wealthy person gave you a debit
card and told you to use it as much as you
want to make yourself happy. What are
you going to do with it? Make a list of what
you want to have. Write as many as you
want.
ANALYSIS
Answer the following questions:
• How do you feel as you do the debit card challenge?
• Which among the items on your list you like the
most? Why?
• If ever you were given the chance in real life to have
one among the list, which would you choose? Why?
• Does your choice differ from your answer in
question number 2? Why or why not?
What is Material Self?
• Understanding the self can be examined through its
different components: 1) Its constituents 2) self- feelings;
3) self-seeking and self preservation
• The constituents of self are composed of the material
self, the social self, the spiritual self, and the pure ego
• The material self, according to James primarily about our
bodies, clothes, immediate family, and home.
• The more investment of self-given to the particular thing,
the more we identify ourselves to it. We also tended to
collect and possess properties. The collections in different
degree of investment of self, becomes part of the self.
BODY
• Innermost part of our material self
• We usually invest in our body
• We strive to make sure that our body
functions well and good
• We have certain preferential attachment or
intimate closeness to certain part because of
its value to us.
CLOTHES
• The style and the brand of clothes becomes
symbolic significance
• Clothing is a form of expression
• We choose and wear clothes that reflects our
self
• The material component of the self can include
books, bed, money, car, house, and other things
that person can call his own possession
IMMEDIATE FAMILY
• These people likely to shape and influence the
development of self identity
• What they do or become affects us
• When an immediate family dies, part of our
self dies
• When their lives are in success, we feel
victorious as if we are in their place.
• In their failures, we are put to shame or guilt
HOME
• Our experiences inside the home were recorded
and marked on particular parts and things in our
home
• It is where many aspects of your life have been
developed
• It is where you feel most comfortable and it is
greatly linked to your identity
• Pets could also symbolically define a person’s
identity
WE ARE WHAT WE HAVE

• Russel Belk posits that “...we regard our possessions as part


of ourselves. We are what we have and what we posses.”
• As we grow older, putting importance to material
possession decreases
• Material possession gains higher value in our lifetime if we use
material possession to find happiness, associate these things
with significant events, accomplishments, and people in our
lives.
• The possessions that we dearly have tell something about who
we are, our self-concept, our past, and even our future.
• People tend to measure success through
material possession
• Material possession can make people more
motivated to work harder to achieve them
• Lack or loss of material possessions can be
disruptive to the mental health of some
people
MATERIALISM
• The negative effect of strong desire for
material possessions
• Is an attitude of someone who attaches a lot
of importance to money and wants to possess
a lot of material things
• The tendency to be more concerned with
material than with spiritual or intellectual
goals or values
When a person is about to make a purchase, he
should as himself/herself a very important
question:

• Do I really need this?


APPLICATION AND ASSESSMENT
Debit Card Challenge List
1. Go back to your Debit Card Challenge List. Put a
mark on the left side of each item with the
following categories:
B – if the item is related with your body
C – if the item is related with clothes
F – if the item is related or intended to your
family
H – if the item is related with home

..
2. Answer the following questions:
• Which among the categories you have the most
in your list?
• What do you think these things tell you about
yourself?

3. Make a reflection paper about material self. You


may use your answers from the above questions in
making your paper.
References
• https://youtu.be/gsUCenBXQcE
• https://
www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/mate
rialism
• https://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition
.php?term=Material+Self#:~:text=The
%20material%20self%2C%20according
%20to,them%20as%20%E2%80%9Cmy
%20wardrobe%E2%80%9D
Thank You for
listening!

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