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Understanding The Self (Chapter 3)

The document discusses the concept of material self, which refers to one's body, possessions, and tangible objects they view as belonging to them. It identifies four key components of material self: body, clothes, family, and home. The body is most important as it affects overall well-being. Clothes are a way we represent ourselves. Family is the primary influence in one's life and development. Home provides safety, security, and a place to relax. People form attachments to possessions through a sense of ownership and as representations of themselves, their beliefs, and social status.

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Understanding The Self (Chapter 3)

The document discusses the concept of material self, which refers to one's body, possessions, and tangible objects they view as belonging to them. It identifies four key components of material self: body, clothes, family, and home. The body is most important as it affects overall well-being. Clothes are a way we represent ourselves. Family is the primary influence in one's life and development. Home provides safety, security, and a place to relax. People form attachments to possessions through a sense of ownership and as representations of themselves, their beliefs, and social status.

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Chapter 3

material self
The aspect of material/economic self
 Material self is the dimension of the self that
relates to physical materials. We are made
aware of them by what we see in commercials
on television, what we hear over the radio and
what we read in the print and social media, like
newspapers and magazines, social platform like
Twitter, Facebook page, Youtube and private
message.
 Material self refers to our body, as well as the tangible
objects, places , things that we describe as "My" or "Mine",
it has two sub-classes
1.The body self- referring to our body and all its parts.
2.The extra-corporeal self- Beyond the body which
according to Rosenberg (1979), is our extended self. It
includes all the people, places, things that we regards as ours,
it can also refers to our possession. All components of object
we posses are our own instinctive preference coupled with
the most important interests in life.
Four Components of Material self

BODY CLOTHES FAMILY HOME


BODY
Body is a prime importance to us. We valued it the most.
We keep it healthy and in good condition because if our
body is not well, our other self will suffer. Fir example, if
our body is sick, our total well-being will be affected , we
cannot go to work and rail yo attend to our
responsibilities, our attitude toward others may be
affected and we cannot appreciate the world around us.
But if our body is healthy , relationship can be much
better.
CLOTHES
According to James, Clothing is the second most essential
part of material self. James idea was complemented by
Herman Lotze, in his book,Microcosmus. Lotze commented
that anytime we bring an object into the surface of our
body, we invest that object in to the consciousness of our
personal existence taking in its contours to be our own and
making it a part of a self. This is true, when you wear a new
dress that fits you to a tee, you feel that you and your dress
become one.
FAMILY
The third essential part of material self is the our family. The source
of our life, the single, most important influence on a child's life. At
the first moment of life, the child depends to a parents to protect
and provide for his/her needs. The parents are present to serve as a
role model on how to act and experience the world around him/her.
A child grow ups according to what he/she sees and lives in the
family. The kind of world he/she lives with sense of value and
personality are shaped in the family. Based form our own
experience, the world in which we lived shows us how truly our
family influence us. Thus, as popularized by one TV jingle, family is
forever.
HOME
The fourth essential part of Material self is Home. Our
home is our source of life. It is where our heart is. It is
our sanctuary where we can relax, rest and enjoy life
with friends and family. It is in our home where we
could be our real selves. It is our safest refuge. It is a
symbol of our security.

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On Material Possessions
We lived in a fast-paced society where shopping mall is
abound and sales are held the whole year round, offering all
sorts of items as much discounted prices. Add to this is
online shopping where one could get anything he or she
wants under the sun, without living the comfort of home.
Different goods and services are made known to consumer
through advertisement on TV and Radio commercials, the
social and print media, like magazine and newspaper,
Facebook and others.
Attachment to our possession
Why are some people attached to their possession? Have you noticed how
a child is in rage deprived of things they own? Piaget found out that it is
part of human nature to develop a sense of ownership and attachment to
things one values. This is called endowment fact. For example, we valued
the award or any award, in recognition of something we have done. So we
could want to keep it. As a child, we keep the things that we received form a
significant other, as something special and memorable. we are also attached
to family heirloom because of its sense of history and connectedness with
someone dear to us in the past. Added to these, we keep memorabilia that
we received from significant people whom we value, admire and idolize in
our life.
Conclusion
The forgoing discussion is in accord with that Russell Belk (1988)
posited. That we regard our possessions as a part of ourselves.
Truly , we are what we possess. They reveal who we are, they reflect
our culture and beliefs, economic identity and economic status,
Through them we are viewed as belonging to the rich or to the poor
stratum of society, we can also claim that pur possession are our
personal choices and preferences and that they convey to people
our taste, our style. They defined who we truly are. We can safely
state, to a certain extent, that our material and economic self is an
expression of our personality and a revelation of our social identity.
GROUP 4
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