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Lesson #2: To Buy or Not Buy?: Bodily Self-Preservation

(1) William James identified three components of the self: the material self (what we have, including our body, clothes, and home), the social self (how we see ourselves through others' recognition), and the spiritual self (our inner thoughts and feelings). (2) Russel Belk later expanded on the material self, arguing that we come to identify ourselves with our possessions from a young age. While the importance of possessions may decrease with age, they can take on greater meaning if associated with significant life events. Possessions of those who have passed away may be especially difficult to part with due to this close identification. (3) Both theorists viewed our possessions and how others see us as integral

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Lesson #2: To Buy or Not Buy?: Bodily Self-Preservation

(1) William James identified three components of the self: the material self (what we have, including our body, clothes, and home), the social self (how we see ourselves through others' recognition), and the spiritual self (our inner thoughts and feelings). (2) Russel Belk later expanded on the material self, arguing that we come to identify ourselves with our possessions from a young age. While the importance of possessions may decrease with age, they can take on greater meaning if associated with significant life events. Possessions of those who have passed away may be especially difficult to part with due to this close identification. (3) Both theorists viewed our possessions and how others see us as integral

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Lesson #2: To buy or not buy?

Abstraction:

WILLIAM JAMES: -All the ordinary useful reflex actions and


movements of alimentation and defense are acts of
 (A Harvard psychologist in the 19th century bodily self-preservation.
wrote the book. “The Principle of
Psychology in 1890) -Our social self-seeking, in turn, is carried on directly
through our amativeness and friendliness, our desire
3 Components: to please and attract notice and admiration, our
1. Constituents emulation and jealousy, our love of glory, influence
and power, and indirectly through whichever of the
- Self-concept are identify through body image, self- material self-seeking impulses prove serviceable as
esteem and role performance. Including person’s means to social ends.
name, gender, ethnicity, family status, occupation
and roles.

* Material Self What are what we have:

(1) BODY- Investing in our body. We strived hard to RUSSEL BELK (1988):
make sure that this body function well and good.  Posits that “…. we regard our possession as
(2) CLOTHES – Essential part of the material self. part of ourselves. We are what we have what
MICROCOMUS, stipulates that any time we bring an we possess.” Identification of the self to
object into the surface of our body, we invest that things started our infacy stage when we
object into the consciousness of self. make a distinction among self and
environment and others who may desire our
(3) HOME- Our parents and siblings hold another possession.
great important part of ourselves. Nearest replica of  As we grow older, putting importance to a
our self. material possession decrease. However,
material possessions gain higher value in our
*Social Self
life time if we use material possession to
>Recognition which gets from his mates. “A man find happiness, associate these things with
has a many social selves as there are individuals who significant events, accomplishments and
recognize him and carry an image of him in their people in our lives.
mind.  There are even times, when material
possession of a person that is closely
*Spiritual Self identified to the person, gains knowledge
with higher regard even if the person already
>A man’s inner or subjective being his psychic
passed away.
faculties or dispositions taken concretely nit the bare
 Example of these are:
principle of personal unity. Reflective process.
The chair in the dining room on which the person is
2. The feelings and emotions the arouse, -- Self-
always seated, the chair will be the constant reminder
feelings;
of the person seated there.
- These are primarily Self-complacency and Self-
A well-loved and kept vehicle of the person, which
dissatisfaction. Of what is called “Self-Loved”.
some of the bereaved family members have a
3.The action to which they prompt, -- Self-seeking difficulty to sell let go of because that vehicle is very
and Self-preservation. much identified the owner who passed away.

The favorite pet or book, among others that the


owner placed a high value.

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